#49157B#49157B

#49157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.158 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49157B
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.52, 43.70, -47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.52, 64.30, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.34% 0.0817 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(34.34% 0.158 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5901, 3.3828, 19.0408)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49157B #477B15

analogous

#16157B #49157B #7B157A

triadic

#49157B #7B4915 #157B49

tetradic

#49157B #7B1615 #477B15 #157A7B

square

#49157B #7B1615 #477B15 #157A7B

split-complementary

#49157B #7A7B15 #157B16

monochromatic

#10041A #2A0C47 #49157B #681EAF #872FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#49157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#49157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49157B

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49157B	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.158 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815aa2',
    500: '#49157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49157b;
$custom-light: #815aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.588,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34342,
    "c": 0.15759,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49157B

secondary

#75B03B

accent

#EE3A92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49157B

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

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