#49177A#49177A

#49177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.155 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49177A
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.71, 42.63, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.71, 62.87, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.45% 0.0803 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(34.45% 0.155 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5660, 3.4344, 18.7256)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49177A #487A17

analogous

#17177A #49177A #7A1779

triadic

#49177A #7A4917 #177A49

tetradic

#49177A #7A1717 #487A17 #17797A

square

#49177A #7A1717 #487A17 #17797A

split-complementary

#49177A #797A17 #177A17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0D47 #49177A #6821AD #8733D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#49177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#49177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49177A

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49177A	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.155 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ba1',
    500: '#49177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49177a;
$custom-light: #815ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.303,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34446,
    "c": 0.15452,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49177A

secondary

#76AF3E

accent

#EB3D93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49177A

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

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