#49238A#49238A

#49238A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.159 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49238A
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.12, 41.30, -50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.12, 65.41, 309.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% 0.0651 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.159 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9349, 4.4533, 24.4813)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49238A #648A23

analogous

#23318A #49238A #7D238A

triadic

#49238A #8A4923 #238A49

tetradic

#49238A #8A2331 #648A23 #238A7D

square

#49238A #8A2331 #648A23 #238A7D

split-complementary

#49238A #8A7D23 #318A23

monochromatic

#150A28 #2F1759 #49238A #632FBB #8354D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#49238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#49238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49238A

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49238A	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.159 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262ad',
    500: '#49238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49238a;
$custom-light: #8262ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.136,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37287,
    "c": 0.15925,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49238A

secondary

#92B751

accent

#E345A9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49238A

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

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