#49238C#49238C

#49238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.162 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49238C
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.30, 41.86, -51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.30, 66.50, 309.01°)
OKLab	oklab(37.47% 0.0646 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(37.47% 0.162 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0810, 4.5117, 25.2509)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.23

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49238C #668C23

analogous

#23328C #49238C #7E238C

triadic

#49238C #8C4923 #238C49

tetradic

#49238C #8C2332 #668C23 #238C7E

square

#49238C #8C2332 #668C23 #238C7E

split-complementary

#49238C #8C7E23 #328C23

monochromatic

#160B2A #2F175B #49238C #632FBD #8355D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#49238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#49238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49238C

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49238C	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.162 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362af',
    500: '#49238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49238c;
$custom-light: #8362af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37469,
    "c": 0.16162,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49238C

secondary

#94B852

accent

#E345AA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49238C

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

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