#49156E#49156E

#49156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.144 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49156E
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.36, 40.48, -40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.36, 57.40, 314.85°)
OKLab	oklab(33.17% 0.0854 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(33.17% 0.144 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8297, 3.0786, 15.0360)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49156E #3A6E15

analogous

#1C156E #49156E #6E1566

triadic

#49156E #6E4915 #156E49

tetradic

#49156E #6E1C15 #3A6E15 #15666E

square

#49156E #6E1C15 #3A6E15 #15666E

split-complementary

#49156E #666E15 #156E1C

monochromatic

#11051A #270B3B #49156E #6B1FA1 #8D29D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#49156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#49156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49156E

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49156E	1.00	13.00	1.62	13.00
#FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00316C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.144 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805998',
    500: '#49156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49156e;
$custom-light: #805998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.056,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33172,
    "c": 0.14387,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49156E

secondary

#66A43A

accent

#EB3D85

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49156E

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

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