#49197B#49197B

#49197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.153 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49197B
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.09, 42.03, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.09, 62.47, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.0783 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.153 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6696, 3.5417, 19.0673)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49197B #4B7B19

analogous

#191A7B #49197B #7A197B

triadic

#49197B #7B4919 #197B49

tetradic

#49197B #7B191A #4B7B19 #197B7A

square

#49197B #7B191A #4B7B19 #197B7A

split-complementary

#49197B #7B7A19 #1A7B19

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2B0F48 #49197B #6723AE #8638D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#49197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#49197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49197B

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49197B	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	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: #49197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.153 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca2',
    500: '#49197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49197b;
$custom-light: #815ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.388,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34745,
    "c": 0.15348,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49197B

secondary

#79AF40

accent

#E93F96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49197B

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

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