#49217B#49217B

#49217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.144 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49217B
RGB	rgb(73, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.45, 38.18, -44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.45, 58.26, 310.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.0703 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.144 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8658, 3.9342, 19.1327)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49217B #537B21

analogous

#21267B #49217B #76217B

triadic

#49217B #7B4921 #217B49

tetradic

#49217B #7B2126 #537B21 #217B76

square

#49217B #7B2126 #537B21 #217B76

split-complementary

#49217B #7B7621 #267B21

monochromatic

#10071A #2C144B #49217B #662EAB #8448CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#49217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#49217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49217B

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49217B	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.144 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8160a2',
    500: '#49217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49217b;
$custom-light: #8160a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35704,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49217B

secondary

#81AE4A

accent

#E1479C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49217B

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

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