#49168D#49168D

#49168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.176 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49168D
RGB	rgb(73, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 47.91, -55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 73.27, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% 0.0747 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.176 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8410, 3.9132, 25.5363)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49168D #5A8D16

analogous

#161F8D #49168D #85168D

triadic

#49168D #8D4916 #168D49

tetradic

#49168D #8D161F #5A8D16 #168D85

square

#49168D #8D161F #5A8D16 #168D85

split-complementary

#49168D #8D8516 #1F8D16

monochromatic

#120523 #2E0E58 #49168D #641EC2 #833DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#49168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#49168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49168D

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49168D	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.176 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845baf',
    500: '#49168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49168d;
$custom-light: #845baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36163,
    "c": 0.17574,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49168D

secondary

#89C13E

accent

#F038A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #49168D

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

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