#49188C#49188C

#49188C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.173 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49188C
RGB	rgb(73, 24, 140)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 82.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.55, 46.87, -54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.55, 71.92, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.25% 0.0737 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(36.25% 0.173 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8066, 3.9630, 25.1595)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49188C #5B8C18

analogous

#18218C #49188C #83188C

triadic

#49188C #8C4918 #188C49

tetradic

#49188C #8C1821 #5B8C18 #188C83

square

#49188C #8C1821 #5B8C18 #188C83

split-complementary

#49188C #8C8318 #218C18

monochromatic

#130624 #2E0F58 #49188C #6421C0 #8340DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#49188C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#49188C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49188C

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49188C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49188C	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49188c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 24, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.173 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835caf',
    500: '#49188c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49188c;
$custom-light: #835caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49188c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.345,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36248,
    "c": 0.17294,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49188C

secondary

#8ABF41

accent

#ED3AA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49188C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →