#49178D#49178D

#49178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.175 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49178D
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.51, 47.53, -55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.51, 72.86, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.25% 0.0741 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(36.25% 0.175 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8605, 3.9521, 25.5428)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49178D #5B8D17

analogous

#17208D #49178D #84178D

triadic

#49178D #8D4917 #178D49

tetradic

#49178D #8D1720 #5B8D17 #178D84

square

#49178D #8D1720 #5B8D17 #178D84

split-complementary

#49178D #8D8417 #208D17

monochromatic

#130624 #2E0E58 #49178D #6420C2 #833FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#49178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#49178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49178D

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49178D	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.175 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845caf',
    500: '#49178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49178d;
$custom-light: #845caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.424,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36252,
    "c": 0.17489,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49178D

secondary

#8AC040

accent

#EF39A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #49178D

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

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