#49227E#49227E

#49227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.146 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49227E
RGB	rgb(73, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.89, 38.48, -45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.89, 59.35, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.0687 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.146 298)
XYZ	xyz(7.0846, 4.0668, 20.1463)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49227E #577E22

analogous

#22297E #49227E #77227E

triadic

#49227E #7E4922 #227E49

tetradic

#49227E #7E2229 #577E22 #227E77

square

#49227E #7E2229 #577E22 #227E77

split-complementary

#49227E #7E7722 #297E22

monochromatic

#11081E #2D154E #49227E #652FAE #834CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#49227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#49227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49227E

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49227E	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.146 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161a4',
    500: '#49227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49227e;
$custom-light: #8161a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.435,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36095,
    "c": 0.14621,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49227E

secondary

#86B14B

accent

#E147A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49227E

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

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