#49228E#49228E

#49228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.165 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49228E
RGB	rgb(73, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.30, 42.92, -52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.30, 68.13, 309.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.065 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.165 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2008, 4.5132, 26.0250)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.30

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49228E #678E22

analogous

#22318E #49228E #7F228E

triadic

#49228E #8E4922 #228E49

tetradic

#49228E #8E2231 #678E22 #228E7F

square

#49228E #8E2231 #678E22 #228E7F

split-complementary

#49228E #8E7F22 #318E22

monochromatic

#160A2B #30165D #49228E #622EBF #8354D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#49228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#49228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49228E

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49228E	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.165 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361b0',
    500: '#49228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49228e;
$custom-light: #8361b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37528,
    "c": 0.16509,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49228E

secondary

#94BA52

accent

#E443AA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #49228E

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

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