#49228B#49228B

#49228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.162 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49228B
RGB	rgb(73, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.03, 42.08, -51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.03, 66.50, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.0658 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.162 294)
XYZ	xyz(7.9786, 4.4244, 24.8547)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49228B #648B22

analogous

#222F8B #49228B #7E228B

triadic

#49228B #8B4922 #228B49

tetradic

#49228B #8B222F #648B22 #228B7E

square

#49228B #8B222F #648B22 #228B7E

split-complementary

#49228B #8B7E22 #2F8B22

monochromatic

#150A29 #2F165A #49228B #632EBC #8353D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#49228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#49228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49228B

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49228B	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.162 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361ae',
    500: '#49228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49228b;
$custom-light: #8361ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37252,
    "c": 0.16159,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.04425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49228B

secondary

#92B850

accent

#E444A8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49228B

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

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