#49198B#49198B

#49198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.171 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49198B
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.59, 46.21, -53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.59, 70.95, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.25% 0.0733 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(36.25% 0.171 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7542, 3.9756, 24.7799)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49198B #5B8B19

analogous

#19228B #49198B #82198B

triadic

#49198B #8B4919 #198B49

tetradic

#49198B #8B1922 #5B8B19 #198B82

square

#49198B #8B1922 #5B8B19 #198B82

split-complementary

#49198B #8B8219 #228B19

monochromatic

#130623 #2E1057 #49198B #6422BF #8341DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#49198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#49198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49198B

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49198B	1.00	11.70	1.80	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.171 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835dae',
    500: '#49198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49198b;
$custom-light: #835dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36247,
    "c": 0.17094,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49198B

secondary

#8ABE42

accent

#EC3BA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49198B

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

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