#49236B#49236B

#49236B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.122 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49236B
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(272, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.58, 32.80, -35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.58, 48.07, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.68% 0.0701 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(34.68% 0.122 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0019, 3.6801, 14.3012)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49236B #456B23

analogous

#25236B #49236B #6B2369

triadic

#49236B #6B4923 #236B49

tetradic

#49236B #6B2523 #456B23 #23696B

square

#49236B #6B2523 #456B23 #23696B

split-complementary

#49236B #696B23 #236B25

monochromatic

#100817 #2A143D #49236B #683299 #8846C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#49236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#49236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49236B

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49236B	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.122 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6096',
    500: '#49236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49236b;
$custom-light: #7f6096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34684,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49236B

secondary

#739E4B

accent

#DA4E90

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49236B

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

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