#49257F#49257F

#49257F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.143 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49257F
RGB	rgb(73, 37, 127)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 70.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.55, 37.16, -44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.55, 58.16, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0653 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.143 297)
XYZ	xyz(7.2390, 4.2718, 20.5177)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49257F #5B7F25

analogous

#252E7F #49257F #76257F

triadic

#49257F #7F4925 #257F49

tetradic

#49257F #7F252E #5B7F25 #257F76

square

#49257F #7F252E #5B7F25 #257F76

split-complementary

#49257F #7F7625 #2E7F25

monochromatic

#130920 #2E1750 #49257F #6433AE #8352CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#49257F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#49257F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49257F

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49257F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49257F	1.00	11.32	1.85	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49257f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 37, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.143 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162a5',
    500: '#49257f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49257f;
$custom-light: #8162a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49257f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 54.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36591,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.04272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49257F

secondary

#8AB14F

accent

#DE4AA3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49257F

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

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