#49227C#49227C

#49227C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.144 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49227C
RGB	rgb(73, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 37.93, -44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 58.24, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(35.92% 0.0691 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(35.92% 0.144 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9568, 4.0157, 19.4735)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49227C #557C22

analogous

#22287C #49227C #76227C

triadic

#49227C #7C4922 #227C49

tetradic

#49227C #7C2228 #557C22 #227C76

square

#49227C #7C2228 #557C22 #227C76

split-complementary

#49227C #7C7622 #287C22

monochromatic

#10081C #2D154C #49227C #652FAC #834BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#49227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#49227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49227C

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49227C	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)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.144 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8160a3',
    500: '#49227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49227c;
$custom-light: #8160a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35923,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49227C

secondary

#84AF4B

accent

#E0489E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49227C

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

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