#49217C#49217C

#49217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.145 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49217C
RGB	rgb(73, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.54, 38.45, -44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.54, 58.81, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.79% 0.0701 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(35.79% 0.145 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9287, 3.9593, 19.4641)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49217C #547C21

analogous

#21267C #49217C #76217C

triadic

#49217C #7C4921 #217C49

tetradic

#49217C #7C2126 #547C21 #217C76

square

#49217C #7C2126 #547C21 #217C76

split-complementary

#49217C #7C7621 #267C21

monochromatic

#10071B #2D144C #49217C #652EAC #8449CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#49217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#49217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49217C

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49217C	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.145 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8160a3',
    500: '#49217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49217c;
$custom-light: #8160a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.374,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3579,
    "c": 0.14511,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49217C

secondary

#82AF4A

accent

#E1479D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49217C

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

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