#49217E#49217E

#49217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.147 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49217E
RGB	rgb(73, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.71, 39.00, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.71, 59.92, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.96% 0.0697 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(35.96% 0.147 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0564, 4.0104, 20.1369)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49217E #567E21

analogous

#21277E #49217E #77217E

triadic

#49217E #7E4921 #217E49

tetradic

#49217E #7E2127 #567E21 #217E77

square

#49217E #7E2127 #567E21 #217E77

split-complementary

#49217E #7E7721 #277E21

monochromatic

#11081D #2D144E #49217E #652EAE #834AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#49217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#49217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49217E

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49217E	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.147 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8160a4',
    500: '#49217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49217e;
$custom-light: #8160a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.806,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35963,
    "c": 0.14748,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49217E

secondary

#85B14A

accent

#E2469F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49217E

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

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