#49236D#49236D

#49236D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.124 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49236D
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(271, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.73, 33.33, -36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.73, 49.20, 312.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.07 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.124 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1084, 3.7227, 14.8618)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49236D #476D23

analogous

#24236D #49236D #6D236C

triadic

#49236D #6D4923 #236D49

tetradic

#49236D #6D2423 #476D23 #236C6D

square

#49236D #6D2423 #476D23 #236C6D

split-complementary

#49236D #6C6D23 #236D24

monochromatic

#100717 #2A143F #49236D #68329B #8747C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#49236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#49236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49236D

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49236D	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D366B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.124 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6097',
    500: '#49236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49236d;
$custom-light: #7f6097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.811,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34839,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49236D

secondary

#75A04B

accent

#DB4D92

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49236D

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

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