#49197A#49197A

#49197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.152 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49197A
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.00, 41.77, -45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.00, 61.93, 312.42°)
OKLab	oklab(34.66% 0.0785 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(34.66% 0.152 301)
XYZ	xyz(6.6073, 3.5168, 18.7393)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49197A #4A7A19

analogous

#191A7A #49197A #7A197A

triadic

#49197A #7A4919 #197A49

tetradic

#49197A #7A191A #4A7A19 #197A7A

square

#49197A #7A191A #4A7A19 #197A7A

split-complementary

#49197A #7A7A19 #1A7A19

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2B0F47 #49197A #6723AD #8637D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#49197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#49197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49197A

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49197A	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.152 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca1',
    500: '#49197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49197a;
$custom-light: #815ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.691,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34655,
    "c": 0.15238,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.03517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49197A

secondary

#78AF40

accent

#E93F95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49197A

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

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