#49156A#49156A

#49156A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.140 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49156A
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.02, 39.50, -38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.02, 55.26, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(32.83% 0.0864 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(32.83% 0.14 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6168, 2.9935, 13.9148)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49156A #366A15

analogous

#1F156A #49156A #6A1560

triadic

#49156A #6A4915 #156A49

tetradic

#49156A #6A1F15 #366A15 #15606A

square

#49156A #6A1F15 #366A15 #15606A

split-complementary

#49156A #606A15 #156A1F

monochromatic

#12051A #260B37 #49156A #6C1F9D #8F29D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.14

#49156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#49156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49156A

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49156A	1.00	13.14	1.60	13.14
#FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.140 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805995',
    500: '#49156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49156a;
$custom-light: #805995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.706,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32829,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49156A

secondary

#62A13A

accent

#EA3E81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49156A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →