#49216B#49216B

#49216B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.125 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49216B
RGB	rgb(73, 33, 107)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 69.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.18, 33.90, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.18, 49.30, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0727 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.125 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9448, 3.5658, 14.2821)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49216B #436B21

analogous

#24216B #49216B #6B2168

triadic

#49216B #6B4921 #216B49

tetradic

#49216B #6B2421 #436B21 #21686B

square

#49216B #6B2421 #436B21 #21686B

split-complementary

#49216B #686B21 #216B24

monochromatic

#100717 #29133C #49216B #692F9A #8942C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#49216B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#49216B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49216B

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49216B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49216B	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49216b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 33, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.125 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5f96',
    500: '#49216b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49216b;
$custom-light: #7f5f96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49216b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.432,
    "s": 52.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34393,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49216B

secondary

#709F49

accent

#DC4C8E

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49216B

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

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