#49237A#49237A

#49237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.140 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49237A
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.75, 36.85, -42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.75, 56.54, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.89% 0.0683 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(35.89% 0.14 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8607, 4.0236, 18.8238)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49237A #547A23

analogous

#23287A #49237A #74237A

triadic

#49237A #7A4923 #237A49

tetradic

#49237A #7A2328 #547A23 #237A74

square

#49237A #7A2328 #547A23 #237A74

split-complementary

#49237A #7A7423 #287A23

monochromatic

#10081B #2D154A #49237A #6531AA #844CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#49237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#49237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49237A

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49237A	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.140 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8061a1',
    500: '#49237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49237a;
$custom-light: #8061a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.207,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3589,
    "c": 0.14008,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49237A

secondary

#83AD4C

accent

#DF499D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49237A

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

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