#49157A#49157A

#49157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.157 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49157A
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.42, 43.45, -46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.42, 63.77, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(34.25% 0.082 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(34.25% 0.157 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5278, 3.3579, 18.7128)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.68

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49157A #467A15

analogous

#16157A #49157A #7A1578

triadic

#49157A #7A4915 #157A49

tetradic

#49157A #7A1615 #467A15 #15787A

square

#49157A #7A1615 #467A15 #15787A

split-complementary

#49157A #787A15 #157A16

monochromatic

#10041A #2A0C46 #49157A #681EAE #872EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#49157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#49157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49157A

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49157A	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.157 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815aa1',
    500: '#49157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49157a;
$custom-light: #815aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.891,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34249,
    "c": 0.15654,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49157A

secondary

#74AF3B

accent

#ED3A91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49157A

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

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