#49257E#49257E

#49257E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.142 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49257E
RGB	rgb(73, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 70.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.47, 36.88, -44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.47, 57.60, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.0654 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.142 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1741, 4.2458, 20.1762)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.56

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49257E #5A7E25

analogous

#252D7E #49257E #76257E

triadic

#49257E #7E4925 #257E49

tetradic

#49257E #7E252D #5A7E25 #257E76

square

#49257E #7E252D #5A7E25 #257E76

split-complementary

#49257E #7E7625 #2D7E25

monochromatic

#12091F #2E174F #49257E #6433AD #8351CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#49257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#49257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49257E

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49257E	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	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: #49257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.142 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162a4',
    500: '#49257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49257e;
$custom-light: #8162a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.27,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36506,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49257E

secondary

#89B04F

accent

#DE4AA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49257E

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

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