#49239B#49239B

#49239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.179 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49239B
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 46.09, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 74.58, 308.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% 0.0606 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.179 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2634, 4.9847, 31.4780)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49239B #759B23

analogous

#23399B #49239B #85239B

triadic

#49239B #9B4923 #239B49

tetradic

#49239B #9B2339 #759B23 #239B85

square

#49239B #9B2339 #759B23 #239B85

split-complementary

#49239B #9B8523 #399B23

monochromatic

#1A0C37 #311869 #49239B #612ECD #855EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#49239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#49239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49239B

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49239B	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.179 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ba',
    500: '#49239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49239b;
$custom-light: #8563ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38877,
    "c": 0.17913,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49239B

secondary

#9FBF5A

accent

#E642B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #49239B

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

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