#49236E#49236E

#49236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.125 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49236E
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.81, 33.59, -36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.81, 49.77, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.0699 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.125 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1625, 3.7443, 15.1469)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49236E #486E23

analogous

#23236E #49236E #6E236D

triadic

#49236E #6E4923 #236E49

tetradic

#49236E #6E2323 #486E23 #236D6E

square

#49236E #6E2323 #486E23 #236D6E

split-complementary

#49236E #6D6E23 #236E23

monochromatic

#0F0717 #2A1440 #49236E #68329C #8747C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#49236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#49236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49236E

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49236E	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B366C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.125 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6098',
    500: '#49236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49236e;
$custom-light: #7f6098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.4,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34916,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49236E

secondary

#76A14C

accent

#DB4D93

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49236E

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

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