#49236A#49236A

#49236A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.121 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49236A
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(272, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.51, 32.53, -34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.51, 47.50, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.0702 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.121 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9496, 3.6592, 14.0257)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49236A #446A23

analogous

#26236A #49236A #6A2367

triadic

#49236A #6A4923 #236A49

tetradic

#49236A #6A2623 #446A23 #23676A

square

#49236A #6A2623 #446A23 #23676A

split-complementary

#49236A #676A23 #236A26

monochromatic

#100817 #29143C #49236A #693298 #8846C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#49236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#49236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49236A

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49236A	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.121 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6095',
    500: '#49236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49236a;
$custom-light: #7f6095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.113,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34608,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49236A

secondary

#729D4B

accent

#DA4E8F

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49236A

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

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