#49178F#49178F

#49178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.177 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49178F
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.71, 48.05, -56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.71, 73.89, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.0733 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.177 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0106, 4.0122, 26.3336)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49178F #5D8F17

analogous

#17218F #49178F #85178F

triadic

#49178F #8F4917 #178F49

tetradic

#49178F #8F1721 #5D8F17 #178F85

square

#49178F #8F1721 #5D8F17 #178F85

split-complementary

#49178F #8F8517 #218F17

monochromatic

#130626 #2E0F5A #49178F #641FC4 #8340E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#49178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#49178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49178F

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49178F	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.177 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845cb1',
    500: '#49178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49178f;
$custom-light: #845cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3645,
    "c": 0.17703,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49178F

secondary

#8CC141

accent

#EF39A3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #49178F

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

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