#49168E#49168E

#49168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.177 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49168E
RGB	rgb(73, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.48, 48.17, -55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.48, 73.79, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(36.26% 0.0744 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(36.26% 0.177 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9157, 3.9431, 25.9300)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49168E #5B8E16

analogous

#161F8E #49168E #85168E

triadic

#49168E #8E4916 #168E49

tetradic

#49168E #8E161F #5B8E16 #168E85

square

#49168E #8E161F #5B8E16 #168E85

split-complementary

#49168E #8E8516 #1F8E16

monochromatic

#130624 #2E0E59 #49168E #641EC3 #833DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#49168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#49168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49168E

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49168E	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.177 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845bb0',
    500: '#49168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49168e;
$custom-light: #845bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36262,
    "c": 0.17679,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49168E

secondary

#8AC13F

accent

#F038A2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #49168E

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

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