#49167B#49167B

#49167B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.157 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49167B
RGB	rgb(73, 22, 123)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 82.1%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.65, 43.30, -46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.65, 63.86, 312.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.44% 0.0809 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(34.44% 0.157 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6088, 3.4203, 19.0471)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.74

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49167B #487B16

analogous

#16167B #49167B #7B167A

triadic

#49167B #7B4916 #167B49

tetradic

#49167B #7B1616 #487B16 #167A7B

square

#49167B #7B1616 #487B16 #167A7B

split-complementary

#49167B #7A7B16 #167B16

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0D47 #49167B #681FAF #8731DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#49167B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#49167B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49167B

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49167B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49167B	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49167b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 22, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.157 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815aa2',
    500: '#49167b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49167b;
$custom-light: #815aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49167b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.297,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34438,
    "c": 0.15661,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49167B

secondary

#76B03D

accent

#EC3B93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49167B

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

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