#49157F#49157F

#49157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.162 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49157F
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 44.71, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 66.40, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(34.72% 0.0804 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(34.72% 0.162 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8456, 3.4850, 20.3866)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49157F #4B7F15

analogous

#15167F #49157F #7E157F

triadic

#49157F #7F4915 #157F49

tetradic

#49157F #7F1516 #4B7F15 #157F7E

square

#49157F #7F1516 #4B7F15 #157F7E

split-complementary

#49157F #7F7E15 #167F15

monochromatic

#0F041A #2B0C4A #49157F #671EB4 #8631DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#49157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#49157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49157F

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49157F	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.162 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa5',
    500: '#49157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49157f;
$custom-light: #825aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.434,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34716,
    "c": 0.16181,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49157F

secondary

#79B43C

accent

#EE3996

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49157F

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

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