#49196E#49196E

#49196E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.139 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49196E
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(274, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.97, 38.72, -39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.97, 55.45, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(33.61% 0.0815 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(33.61% 0.139 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9091, 3.2376, 15.0624)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49196E #3E6E19

analogous

#1E196E #49196E #6E1969

triadic

#49196E #6E4919 #196E49

tetradic

#49196E #6E1E19 #3E6E19 #19696E

square

#49196E #6E1E19 #3E6E19 #19696E

split-complementary

#49196E #696E19 #196E1E

monochromatic

#110619 #280E3C #49196E #6A24A0 #8B31D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#49196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#49196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49196E

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49196E	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.139 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b98',
    500: '#49196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49196e;
$custom-light: #805b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.882,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33605,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49196E

secondary

#6BA33F

accent

#E64289

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49196E

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

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