#49177D#49177D

#49177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.158 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49177D
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.98, 43.40, -47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.98, 64.47, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(34.72% 0.0794 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(34.72% 0.158 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7548, 3.5099, 19.7197)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.76

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49177D #4B7D17

analogous

#17187D #49177D #7C177D

triadic

#49177D #7D4917 #177D49

tetradic

#49177D #7D1718 #4B7D17 #177D7C

square

#49177D #7D1718 #4B7D17 #177D7C

split-complementary

#49177D #7D7C17 #187D17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0D49 #49177D #6721B1 #8635DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#49177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#49177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49177D

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49177D	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.158 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba4',
    500: '#49177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49177d;
$custom-light: #825ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.412,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34722,
    "c": 0.15774,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49177D

secondary

#79B23E

accent

#EC3C96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49177D

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

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