#49277A#49277A

#49277A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.135 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49277A
RGB	rgb(73, 39, 122)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 68%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.55, 34.64, -41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.55, 54.12, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.47% 0.0637 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(36.47% 0.135 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9851, 4.2725, 18.8652)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 6.29

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49277A #587A27

analogous

#272F7A #49277A #73277A

triadic

#49277A #7A4927 #277A49

tetradic

#49277A #7A272F #587A27 #277A73

square

#49277A #7A272F #587A27 #277A73

split-complementary

#49277A #7A7327 #2F7A27

monochromatic

#12091D #2D184C #49277A #6536A8 #8353C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#49277A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#49277A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49277A

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49277A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49277A	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)

#003A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49277a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 39, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.135 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8063a1',
    500: '#49277a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49277a;
$custom-light: #8063a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49277a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.578,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36466,
    "c": 0.1345,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49277A

secondary

#87AC51

accent

#DB4DA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49277A

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

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