#49237F#49237F

#49237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.146 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49237F
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.16, 38.23, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.16, 59.34, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(36.32% 0.0674 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(36.32% 0.146 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1785, 4.1507, 20.4975)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49237F #597F23

analogous

#232B7F #49237F #77237F

triadic

#49237F #7F4923 #237F49

tetradic

#49237F #7F232B #597F23 #237F77

square

#49237F #7F232B #597F23 #237F77

split-complementary

#49237F #7F7723 #2B7F23

monochromatic

#12091F #2D164F #49237F #6530AF #834ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#49237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#49237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49237F

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49237F	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.146 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161a5',
    500: '#49237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49237f;
$custom-light: #8161a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.783,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36315,
    "c": 0.14611,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49237F

secondary

#88B14C

accent

#E048A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49237F

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

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