#49237E#49237E

#49237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.145 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49237E
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.08, 37.95, -44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.08, 58.78, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.23% 0.0676 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(36.23% 0.145 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1136, 4.1248, 20.1560)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.08

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49237E #587E23

analogous

#232B7E #49237E #77237E

triadic

#49237E #7E4923 #237E49

tetradic

#49237E #7E232B #587E23 #237E77

square

#49237E #7E232B #587E23 #237E77

split-complementary

#49237E #7E7723 #2B7E23

monochromatic

#12081E #2D164E #49237E #6530AE #834ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#49237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#49237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49237E

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49237E	1.00	11.51	1.83	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.145 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161a4',
    500: '#49237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49237e;
$custom-light: #8161a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.055,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36229,
    "c": 0.14492,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49237E

secondary

#87B04C

accent

#E048A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49237E

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

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