#49238E#49238E

#49238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.164 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49238E
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.48, 42.42, -52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.48, 67.59, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(37.65% 0.0641 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(37.65% 0.164 293)
XYZ	xyz(8.2298, 4.5713, 26.0347)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49238E #688E23

analogous

#23338E #49238E #7E238E

triadic

#49238E #8E4923 #238E49

tetradic

#49238E #8E2333 #688E23 #238E7E

square

#49238E #8E2333 #688E23 #238E7E

split-complementary

#49238E #8E7E23 #338E23

monochromatic

#170B2C #30175D #49238E #622FBF #8356D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#49238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#49238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49238E

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49238E	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.164 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362b0',
    500: '#49238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49238e;
$custom-light: #8362b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.308,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37653,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.04572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49238E

secondary

#95B953

accent

#E444AB

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #49238E

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

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