#49187B#49187B

#49187B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.155 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49187B
RGB	rgb(73, 24, 123)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 80.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.94, 42.47, -46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.94, 62.94, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.64% 0.0792 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(34.64% 0.155 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6486, 3.4997, 19.0603)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.06

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49187B #4A7B18

analogous

#18197B #49187B #7B187B

triadic

#49187B #7B4918 #187B49

tetradic

#49187B #7B1819 #4A7B18 #187B7B

square

#49187B #7B1819 #4A7B18 #187B7B

split-complementary

#49187B #7B7B18 #197B18

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0E48 #49187B #6722AE #8636D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#49187B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#49187B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49187B

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49187B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49187B	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49187b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 24, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.155 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ba2',
    500: '#49187b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49187b;
$custom-light: #815ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49187b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.697,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3464,
    "c": 0.15455,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49187B

secondary

#78B03F

accent

#EA3E95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49187B

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

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