#49227B#49227B

#49227B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.143 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49227B
RGB	rgb(73, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.64, 37.66, -43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.64, 57.68, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.0692 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.143 299)
XYZ	xyz(6.8939, 3.9905, 19.1421)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49227B #547B22

analogous

#22277B #49227B #75227B

triadic

#49227B #7B4922 #227B49

tetradic

#49227B #7B2227 #547B22 #227B75

square

#49227B #7B2227 #547B22 #227B75

split-complementary

#49227B #7B7522 #277B22

monochromatic

#10071B #2D154B #49227B #652FAB #844ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#49227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#49227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49227B

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49227B	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.143 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8160a2',
    500: '#49227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49227b;
$custom-light: #8160a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.292,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35838,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.03991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49227B

secondary

#83AE4B

accent

#E0489D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49227B

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

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