#49209B#49209B

#49209B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.182 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49209B
RGB	rgb(73, 32, 155)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 79.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.20, 47.49, -59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.20, 76.08, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0629 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.182 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1789, 4.8156, 31.4499)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49209B #729B20

analogous

#20359B #49209B #87209B

triadic

#49209B #9B4920 #209B49

tetradic

#49209B #9B2035 #729B20 #209B87

square

#49209B #9B2035 #729B20 #209B87

split-complementary

#49209B #9B8720 #359B20

monochromatic

#190B36 #311668 #49209B #612ACE #8559DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#49209B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#49209B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49209B

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49209B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49209B	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49209b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 32, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.182 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561ba',
    500: '#49209b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49209b;
$custom-light: #8561ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49209b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38537,
    "c": 0.18209,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49209B

secondary

#9DC156

accent

#E93FB0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #49209B

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

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