#49237C#49237C

#49237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.142 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49237C
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.91, 37.40, -43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.91, 57.66, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36.06% 0.068 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(36.06% 0.143 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9859, 4.0737, 19.4831)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.19

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49237C #567C23

analogous

#23297C #49237C #75237C

triadic

#49237C #7C4923 #237C49

tetradic

#49237C #7C2329 #567C23 #237C75

square

#49237C #7C2329 #567C23 #237C75

split-complementary

#49237C #7C7523 #297C23

monochromatic

#11081D #2D164C #49237C #6530AC #834DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#49237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#49237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49237C

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49237C	1.00	11.57	1.81	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.142 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161a3',
    500: '#49237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49237c;
$custom-light: #8161a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.618,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36059,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49237C

secondary

#85AF4C

accent

#DF499F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49237C

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

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