#49178B#49178B

#49178B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.173 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49178B
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 83.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 47.01, -54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 71.82, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.06% 0.0748 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(36.06% 0.173 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7130, 3.8931, 24.7662)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49178B #598B17

analogous

#171F8B #49178B #83178B

triadic

#49178B #8B4917 #178B49

tetradic

#49178B #8B171F #598B17 #178B83

square

#49178B #8B171F #598B17 #178B83

split-complementary

#49178B #8B8317 #1F8B17

monochromatic

#120622 #2D0E56 #49178B #6520C0 #833DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#49178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#49178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49178B

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49178B	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.173 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835cae',
    500: '#49178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49178b;
$custom-light: #835cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.862,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36056,
    "c": 0.17275,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49178B

secondary

#88BF3F

accent

#EE39A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49178B

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

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