#49237B#49237B

#49237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.141 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49237B
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.83, 37.13, -43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.83, 57.10, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(35.97% 0.0681 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(35.97% 0.141 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9229, 4.0485, 19.1518)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.25

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49237B #557B23

analogous

#23297B #49237B #75237B

triadic

#49237B #7B4923 #237B49

tetradic

#49237B #7B2329 #557B23 #237B75

square

#49237B #7B2329 #557B23 #237B75

split-complementary

#49237B #7B7523 #297B23

monochromatic

#10081C #2D154B #49237B #6531AB #834CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#49237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#49237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49237B

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49237B	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.141 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8061a2',
    500: '#49237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49237b;
$custom-light: #8061a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.909,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35974,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49237B

secondary

#84AE4C

accent

#DF499E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49237B

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

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