#49205F#49205F

#49205F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.112 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49205F
RGB	rgb(73, 32, 95)
HSL	hsl(279, 50%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 66%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 66.3%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.12, 31.39, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.12, 43.18, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(33.35% 0.0747 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(33.35% 0.112 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3294, 3.2758, 11.1758)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49205F #365F20

analogous

#2A205F #49205F #5F2055

triadic

#49205F #5F4920 #205F49

tetradic

#49205F #5F2A20 #365F20 #20555F

square

#49205F #5F2A20 #365F20 #20555F

split-complementary

#49205F #555F20 #205F2A

monochromatic

#120817 #261131 #49205F #6C2F8D #8F3FBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#49205F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#49205F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49205F

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49205F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49205F	1.00	12.69	1.66	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B345E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49205f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 32, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.112 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5e8d',
    500: '#49205f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49205f;
$custom-light: #7e5e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49205f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.048,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33349,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49205F

secondary

#629347

accent

#D94F7F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #49205F

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

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