#49177B#49177B

#49177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.156 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49177B
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.80, 42.89, -46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.80, 63.41, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.54% 0.08 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(34.54% 0.156 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6283, 3.4593, 19.0535)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.89

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49177B #497B17

analogous

#17177B #49177B #7B177B

triadic

#49177B #7B4917 #177B49

tetradic

#49177B #7B1717 #497B17 #177B7B

square

#49177B #7B1717 #497B17 #177B7B

split-complementary

#49177B #7B7B17 #177B17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0D47 #49177B #6821AF #8633D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#49177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#49177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49177B

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49177B	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.156 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ba2',
    500: '#49177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49177b;
$custom-light: #815ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34537,
    "c": 0.15559,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49177B

secondary

#77B03E

accent

#EB3C94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49177B

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

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