#49238B#49238B

#49238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.160 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49238B
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.21, 41.58, -51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.21, 65.96, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.38% 0.0649 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(37.38% 0.16 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0076, 4.4824, 24.8644)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49238B #658B23

analogous

#23318B #49238B #7D238B

triadic

#49238B #8B4923 #238B49

tetradic

#49238B #8B2331 #658B23 #238B7D

square

#49238B #8B2331 #658B23 #238B7D

split-complementary

#49238B #8B7D23 #318B23

monochromatic

#160A29 #2F175A #49238B #632FBC #8354D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#49238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#49238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49238B

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49238B	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.160 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362ae',
    500: '#49238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49238b;
$custom-light: #8362ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.923,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37378,
    "c": 0.16043,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49238B

secondary

#93B852

accent

#E345A9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49238B

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

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