#49168F#49168F

#49168F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.178 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49168F
RGB	rgb(73, 22, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 84.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.58, 48.43, -56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.58, 74.30, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.36% 0.074 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(36.36% 0.178 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9911, 3.9732, 26.3271)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49168F #5C8F16

analogous

#16208F #49168F #85168F

triadic

#49168F #8F4916 #168F49

tetradic

#49168F #8F1620 #5C8F16 #168F85

square

#49168F #8F1620 #5C8F16 #168F85

split-complementary

#49168F #8F8516 #208F16

monochromatic

#130625 #2E0E5A #49168F #641EC4 #833EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#49168F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#49168F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49168F

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49168F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49168F	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49168f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 22, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.178 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845cb1',
    500: '#49168f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49168f;
$custom-light: #845cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49168f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.289,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36361,
    "c": 0.17786,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49168F

secondary

#8BC13F

accent

#F038A2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #49168F

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

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