#49257A#49257A

#49257A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.137 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49257A
RGB	rgb(73, 37, 122)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 69.7%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 35.76, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 55.34, 310.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.17% 0.066 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(36.17% 0.137 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9212, 4.1447, 18.8439)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.79

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49257A #567A25

analogous

#252B7A #49257A #73257A

triadic

#49257A #7A4925 #257A49

tetradic

#49257A #7A252B #567A25 #257A73

square

#49257A #7A252B #567A25 #257A73

split-complementary

#49257A #7A7325 #2B7A25

monochromatic

#11091C #2D174B #49257A #6533A9 #8350CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#49257A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#49257A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49257A

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49257A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49257A	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49257a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 37, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.137 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062a1',
    500: '#49257a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49257a;
$custom-light: #8062a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49257a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.412,
    "s": 53.459,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36172,
    "c": 0.13733,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49257A

secondary

#85AC4E

accent

#DD4B9F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49257A

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

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