#49258D#49258D

#49258D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.160 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49258D
RGB	rgb(73, 37, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 73.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 41.11, -51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 65.94, 308.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% 0.0625 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.16 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2156, 4.6624, 25.6612)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49258D #698D25

analogous

#25358D #49258D #7D258D

triadic

#49258D #8D4925 #258D49

tetradic

#49258D #8D2535 #698D25 #258D7D

square

#49258D #8D2535 #698D25 #258D7D

split-complementary

#49258D #8D7D25 #358D25

monochromatic

#170C2C #30185D #49258D #6232BD #8359D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#49258D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#49258D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49258D

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49258D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49258D	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49258d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 37, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.160 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363af',
    500: '#49258d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49258d;
$custom-light: #8363af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49258d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37818,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49258D

secondary

#96B856

accent

#E246AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49258D

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

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