#49236F#49236F

#49236F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.127 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49236F
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 111)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 68.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 33.86, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 50.34, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.0698 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.127 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2173, 3.7662, 15.4353)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49236F #496F23

analogous

#23236F #49236F #6F236F

triadic

#49236F #6F4923 #236F49

tetradic

#49236F #6F2323 #496F23 #236F6F

square

#49236F #6F2323 #496F23 #236F6F

split-complementary

#49236F #6F6F23 #236F23

monochromatic

#0F0717 #2A1440 #49236F #68329E #8647C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#49236F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#49236F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49236F

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49236F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49236F	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09366D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49236f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.127 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6199',
    500: '#49236f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49236f;
$custom-light: #7f6199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49236f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34995,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49236F

secondary

#77A24C

accent

#DB4C94

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49236F

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

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