#49167E#49167E

#49167E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.160 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49167E
RGB	rgb(73, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.93, 44.06, -48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.93, 65.44, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.72% 0.0799 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(34.72% 0.16 300)
XYZ	xyz(6.7995, 3.4966, 20.0513)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.55

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49167E #4B7E16

analogous

#16177E #49167E #7D167E

triadic

#49167E #7E4916 #167E49

tetradic

#49167E #7E1617 #4B7E16 #167E7D

square

#49167E #7E1617 #4B7E16 #167E7D

split-complementary

#49167E #7E7D16 #177E16

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0D4A #49167E #671FB2 #8633DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#49167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#49167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49167E

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49167E	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.160 300.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.423,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34717,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.03497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49167E

secondary

#79B33D

accent

#ED3B96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49167E

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

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