#49247E#49247E

#49247E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.144 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49247E
RGB	rgb(73, 36, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 37.42, -44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 58.19, 310.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.0665 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.144 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1435, 4.1845, 20.1659)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49247E #597E24

analogous

#242C7E #49247E #76247E

triadic

#49247E #7E4924 #247E49

tetradic

#49247E #7E242C #597E24 #247E76

square

#49247E #7E242C #597E24 #247E76

split-complementary

#49247E #7E7624 #2C7E24

monochromatic

#12091F #2D164E #49247E #6532AE #8350CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#49247E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#49247E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49247E

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49247E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49247E	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49247e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 36, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.144 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162a4',
    500: '#49247e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49247e;
$custom-light: #8162a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49247e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36366,
    "c": 0.1436,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49247E

secondary

#88B04E

accent

#DF49A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49247E

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

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