#49239E#49239E

#49239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.183 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49239E
RGB	rgb(73, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.98, 46.93, -60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.98, 76.17, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.0598 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.183 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5184, 5.0867, 32.8214)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49239E #789E23

analogous

#233A9E #49239E #87239E

triadic

#49239E #9E4923 #239E49

tetradic

#49239E #9E233A #789E23 #239E87

square

#49239E #9E233A #789E23 #239E87

split-complementary

#49239E #9E8723 #3A9E23

monochromatic

#1B0D3A #32186C #49239E #602ED0 #8660DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#49239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#49239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49239E

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49239E	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.183 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563bc',
    500: '#49239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49239e;
$custom-light: #8563bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.537,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39168,
    "c": 0.18258,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49239E

secondary

#A2C15C

accent

#E741B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #49239E

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

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