#49229B#49229B

#49229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.180 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49229B
RGB	rgb(73, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.52, 46.56, -58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.52, 75.09, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.76% 0.0614 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(38.76% 0.18 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2344, 4.9267, 31.4684)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49229B #749B22

analogous

#22389B #49229B #86229B

triadic

#49229B #9B4922 #229B49

tetradic

#49229B #9B2238 #749B22 #229B86

square

#49229B #9B2238 #749B22 #229B86

split-complementary

#49229B #9B8622 #389B22

monochromatic

#1A0C37 #311769 #49229B #612DCD #855CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#49229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#49229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49229B

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49229B	1.00	10.58	1.99	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.180 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562ba',
    500: '#49229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49229b;
$custom-light: #8562ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.339,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38761,
    "c": 0.18013,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49229B

secondary

#9FC059

accent

#E741B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #49229B

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

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