#49197E#49197E

#49197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.157 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49197E
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.37, 42.81, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.37, 64.07, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.0774 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.157 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8602, 3.6180, 20.0715)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49197E #4E7E19

analogous

#191C7E #49197E #7C197E

triadic

#49197E #7E4919 #197E49

tetradic

#49197E #7E191C #4E7E19 #197E7C

square

#49197E #7E191C #4E7E19 #197E7C

split-complementary

#49197E #7E7C19 #1C7E19

monochromatic

#0F051A #2B0F4B #49197E #6723B1 #853AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#49197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#49197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49197E

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49197E	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.157 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca4',
    500: '#49197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49197e;
$custom-light: #825ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.515,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35019,
    "c": 0.15677,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49197E

secondary

#7CB241

accent

#EA3E98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49197E

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

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