#49157D#49157D

#49157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.160 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49157D
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.70, 44.21, -48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.70, 65.35, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(34.53% 0.081 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(34.53% 0.16 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7166, 3.4334, 19.7069)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49157D #497D15

analogous

#15157D #49157D #7D157D

triadic

#49157D #7D4915 #157D49

tetradic

#49157D #7D1515 #497D15 #157D7D

square

#49157D #7D1515 #497D15 #157D7D

split-complementary

#49157D #7D7D15 #157D15

monochromatic

#0F041A #2A0C49 #49157D #681EB1 #8630DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#49157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#49157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49157D

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49157D	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.160 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa4',
    500: '#49157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49157d;
$custom-light: #825aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34528,
    "c": 0.1597,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49157D

secondary

#77B23C

accent

#EE3A94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49157D

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

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