#49157E#49157E

#49157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.161 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49157E
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.80, 44.46, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.80, 65.87, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.62% 0.0807 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(34.62% 0.161 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7808, 3.4591, 20.0450)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.39

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49157E #4A7E15

analogous

#15167E #49157E #7E157E

triadic

#49157E #7E4915 #157E49

tetradic

#49157E #7E1516 #4A7E15 #157E7E

square

#49157E #7E1516 #4A7E15 #157E7E

split-complementary

#49157E #7E7E15 #167E15

monochromatic

#0F041A #2B0C4A #49157E #671EB2 #8631DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#49157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#49157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49157E

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49157E	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.161 300.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34622,
    "c": 0.16075,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49157E

secondary

#78B33C

accent

#EE3A95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49157E

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

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