#49217A#49217A

#49217A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.143 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49217A
RGB	rgb(73, 33, 122)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 37.91, -43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 57.70, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.62% 0.0705 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(35.62% 0.143 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8035, 3.9092, 18.8047)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49217A #527A21

analogous

#21267A #49217A #75217A

triadic

#49217A #7A4921 #217A49

tetradic

#49217A #7A2126 #527A21 #217A75

square

#49217A #7A2126 #527A21 #217A75

split-complementary

#49217A #7A7521 #267A21

monochromatic

#0F071A #2C144A #49217A #662EAA #8448CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#49217A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#49217A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49217A

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49217A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49217A	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49217a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 33, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.143 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8060a1',
    500: '#49217a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49217a;
$custom-light: #8060a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49217a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.966,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35619,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49217A

secondary

#80AD4A

accent

#E1479C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49217A

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

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