#49197C#49197C

#49197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.155 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49197C
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.18, 42.29, -46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.18, 63.00, 312.16°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.078 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.155 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7325, 3.5669, 19.3987)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.15

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49197C #4C7C19

analogous

#191B7C #49197C #7B197C

triadic

#49197C #7C4919 #197C49

tetradic

#49197C #7C191B #4C7C19 #197C7B

square

#49197C #7C191B #4C7C19 #197C7B

split-complementary

#49197C #7C7B19 #1B7C19

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2B0F49 #49197C #6723AF #8538D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#49197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#49197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49197C

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49197C	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.155 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca3',
    500: '#49197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49197c;
$custom-light: #815ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34836,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49197C

secondary

#7AB040

accent

#E93E96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49197C

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

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