#49277E#49277E

#49277E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.140 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49277E
RGB	rgb(73, 39, 126)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 69%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.87, 35.77, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.87, 56.39, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.0632 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.14 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2381, 4.3737, 20.1975)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49277E #5C7E27

analogous

#27317E #49277E #74277E

triadic

#49277E #7E4927 #277E49

tetradic

#49277E #7E2731 #5C7E27 #277E74

square

#49277E #7E2731 #5C7E27 #277E74

split-complementary

#49277E #7E7427 #317E27

monochromatic

#130A21 #2E194F #49277E #6435AD #8355CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#49277E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#49277E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49277E

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49277E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49277E	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49277e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 39, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.140 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8164a4',
    500: '#49277e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49277e;
$custom-light: #8164a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49277e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.448,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36795,
    "c": 0.13952,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49277E

secondary

#8BAF52

accent

#DC4CA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49277E

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

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