#49218B#49218B

#49218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.163 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49218B
RGB	rgb(73, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 42.58, -51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 67.04, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0667 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.163 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9504, 4.3680, 24.8453)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49218B #638B21

analogous

#212E8B #49218B #7E218B

triadic

#49218B #8B4921 #218B49

tetradic

#49218B #8B212E #638B21 #218B7E

square

#49218B #8B212E #638B21 #218B7E

split-complementary

#49218B #8B7E21 #2E8B21

monochromatic

#150A28 #2F155A #49218B #632DBC #8351D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#49218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#49218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49218B

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49218B	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.163 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ae',
    500: '#49218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49218b;
$custom-light: #8361ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.642,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37129,
    "c": 0.16271,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49218B

secondary

#91B94F

accent

#E543A8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49218B

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

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