#49177E#49177E

#49177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.159 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49177E
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.07, 43.66, -48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.07, 65.00, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.0791 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.159 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8190, 3.5355, 20.0578)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.71

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49177E #4C7E17

analogous

#17197E #49177E #7D177E

triadic

#49177E #7E4917 #177E49

tetradic

#49177E #7E1719 #4C7E17 #177E7D

square

#49177E #7E1719 #4C7E17 #177E7D

split-complementary

#49177E #7E7D17 #197E17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0E4A #49177E #6720B2 #8535DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#49177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#49177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49177E

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49177E	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.159 299.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.126,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34814,
    "c": 0.15882,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49177E

secondary

#7AB33E

accent

#EC3C96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49177E

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

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