#49157C#49157C

#49157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.159 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49157C
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.61, 43.95, -47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.61, 64.82, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.44% 0.0814 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(34.44% 0.159 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6530, 3.4080, 19.3722)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49157C #487C15

analogous

#15157C #49157C #7C157B

triadic

#49157C #7C4915 #157C49

tetradic

#49157C #7C1515 #487C15 #157B7C

square

#49157C #7C1515 #487C15 #157B7C

split-complementary

#49157C #7B7C15 #157C15

monochromatic

#0F041A #2A0C48 #49157C #681EB0 #8730DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#49157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#49157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49157C

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49157C	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.159 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa3',
    500: '#49157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49157c;
$custom-light: #825aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.291,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34435,
    "c": 0.15864,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49157C

secondary

#76B13C

accent

#EE3A93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49157C

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

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