#49177F#49177F

#49177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.160 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49177F
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.17, 43.91, -48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.17, 65.53, 312.08°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0788 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.16 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8838, 3.5615, 20.3993)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49177F #4D7F17

analogous

#17197F #49177F #7D177F

triadic

#49177F #7F4917 #177F49

tetradic

#49177F #7F1719 #4D7F17 #177F7D

square

#49177F #7F1719 #4D7F17 #177F7D

split-complementary

#49177F #7F7D17 #197F17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0E4B #49177F #6720B3 #8536DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#49177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#49177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49177F

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49177F	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.160 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba5',
    500: '#49177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49177f;
$custom-light: #825ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.846,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34908,
    "c": 0.1599,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49177F

secondary

#7BB43E

accent

#EC3C97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49177F

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

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