#49237D#49237D

#49237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.144 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49237D
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.00, 37.68, -44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.00, 58.22, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.14% 0.0678 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(36.14% 0.144 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0494, 4.0991, 19.8179)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.13

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49237D #577D23

analogous

#232A7D #49237D #76237D

triadic

#49237D #7D4923 #237D49

tetradic

#49237D #7D232A #577D23 #237D76

square

#49237D #7D232A #577D23 #237D76

split-complementary

#49237D #7D7623 #2A7D23

monochromatic

#11081D #2D164D #49237D #6530AD #834DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#49237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#49237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49237D

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49237D	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.144 298.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36144,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49237D

secondary

#86AF4C

accent

#E048A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49237D

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

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