#49218E#49218E

#49218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.166 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49218E
RGB	rgb(73, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.13, 43.41, -53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.13, 68.66, 309.22°)
OKLab	oklab(37.41% 0.0659 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(37.41% 0.166 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1726, 4.4569, 26.0156)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.17

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49218E #668E21

analogous

#21308E #49218E #80218E

triadic

#49218E #8E4921 #218E49

tetradic

#49218E #8E2130 #668E21 #218E80

square

#49218E #8E2130 #668E21 #218E80

split-complementary

#49218E #8E8021 #308E21

monochromatic

#160A2B #2F155C #49218E #632DC0 #8352D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#49218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#49218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49218E

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49218E	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.166 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361b0',
    500: '#49218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49218e;
$custom-light: #8361b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.018,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37407,
    "c": 0.1662,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49218E

secondary

#94BA50

accent

#E542AA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #49218E

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

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