#49167D#49167D

#49167D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.159 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49167D
RGB	rgb(73, 22, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 82.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.84, 43.81, -47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.84, 64.92, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.62% 0.0802 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(34.62% 0.159 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7353, 3.4709, 19.7132)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49167D #4A7D16

analogous

#16167D #49167D #7D167D

triadic

#49167D #7D4916 #167D49

tetradic

#49167D #7D1616 #4A7D16 #167D7D

square

#49167D #7D1616 #4A7D16 #167D7D

split-complementary

#49167D #7D7D16 #167D16

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0D49 #49167D #671FB1 #8632DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#49167D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#49167D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49167D

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49167D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49167D	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49167d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 22, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.159 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa4',
    500: '#49167d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49167d;
$custom-light: #825aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49167d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.709,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34623,
    "c": 0.15873,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49167D

secondary

#78B23D

accent

#ED3B95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49167D

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

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