#49209E#49209E

#49209E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.185 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49209E
RGB	rgb(73, 32, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 79.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.50, 48.32, -60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.50, 77.65, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.062 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.185 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4339, 4.9177, 32.7932)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49209E #759E20

analogous

#20369E #49209E #88209E

triadic

#49209E #9E4920 #209E49

tetradic

#49209E #9E2036 #759E20 #209E88

square

#49209E #9E2036 #759E20 #209E88

split-complementary

#49209E #9E8820 #369E20

monochromatic

#1A0B38 #31166B #49209E #612AD1 #855BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#49209E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#49209E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49209E

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49209E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49209E	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49209e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 32, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.185 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661bc',
    500: '#49209e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49209e;
$custom-light: #8661bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49209e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.524,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38832,
    "c": 0.18547,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49209E

secondary

#9FC258

accent

#E93FB2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #49209E

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

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