#49257D#49257D

#49257D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.141 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49257D
RGB	rgb(73, 37, 125)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 70.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 36.59, -43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 57.04, 309.91°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% 0.0656 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.141 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1099, 4.2202, 19.8380)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49257D #597D25

analogous

#252D7D #49257D #75257D

triadic

#49257D #7D4925 #257D49

tetradic

#49257D #7D252D #597D25 #257D75

square

#49257D #7D252D #597D25 #257D75

split-complementary

#49257D #7D7525 #2D7D25

monochromatic

#12091F #2D174E #49257D #6533AC #8351CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#49257D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#49257D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49257D

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49257D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49257D	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49257d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 37, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.141 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162a3',
    500: '#49257d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49257d;
$custom-light: #8162a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49257d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 54.321,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36422,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49257D

secondary

#88AF4F

accent

#DE4AA1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49257D

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

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