#49176E#49176E

#49176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.142 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49176E
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.65, 39.62, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.65, 56.45, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(33.38% 0.0835 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(33.38% 0.142 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8679, 3.1551, 15.0487)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49176E #3C6E17

analogous

#1D176E #49176E #6E1767

triadic

#49176E #6E4917 #176E49

tetradic

#49176E #6E1D17 #3C6E17 #17676E

square

#49176E #6E1D17 #3C6E17 #17676E

split-complementary

#49176E #676E17 #176E1D

monochromatic

#110519 #270C3B #49176E #6B22A1 #8C2CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#49176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#49176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49176E

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49176E	1.00	12.88	1.63	12.88
#FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.142 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a98',
    500: '#49176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49176e;
$custom-light: #805a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.483,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33382,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49176E

secondary

#69A43D

accent

#E83F87

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49176E

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

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