#49277B#49277B

#49277B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.136 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49277B
RGB	rgb(73, 39, 123)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.63, 34.92, -42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.63, 54.69, 309.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.55% 0.0636 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(36.55% 0.136 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0474, 4.2975, 19.1932)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 6.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49277B #597B27

analogous

#272F7B #49277B #73277B

triadic

#49277B #7B4927 #277B49

tetradic

#49277B #7B272F #597B27 #277B73

square

#49277B #7B272F #597B27 #277B73

split-complementary

#49277B #7B7327 #2F7B27

monochromatic

#120A1E #2D184D #49277B #6536A9 #8354C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#49277B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#49277B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49277B

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49277B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49277B	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49277b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 39, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.136 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8063a2',
    500: '#49277b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49277b;
$custom-light: #8063a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49277b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.286,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36548,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49277B

secondary

#88AD51

accent

#DB4CA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49277B

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

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