#49196F#49196F

#49196F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.140 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49196F
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 111)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 77.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.05, 38.97, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.05, 55.99, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(33.69% 0.0812 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(33.69% 0.14 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9639, 3.2595, 15.3508)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49196F #3F6F19

analogous

#1E196F #49196F #6F196A

triadic

#49196F #6F4919 #196F49

tetradic

#49196F #6F1E19 #3F6F19 #196A6F

square

#49196F #6F1E19 #3F6F19 #196A6F

split-complementary

#49196F #6A6F19 #196F1E

monochromatic

#100619 #280E3D #49196F #6A24A1 #8A32D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#49196F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#49196F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49196F

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49196F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49196F	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49196f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.140 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b99',
    500: '#49196f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49196f;
$custom-light: #805b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49196f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.488,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3369,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49196F

secondary

#6CA43F

accent

#E6428A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49196F

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

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