#49278B#49278B

#49278B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.156 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49278B
RGB	rgb(73, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.96, 39.48, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.96, 63.69, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(37.91% 0.061 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(37.91% 0.156 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1321, 4.7313, 24.9059)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49278B #698B27

analogous

#27378B #49278B #7B278B

triadic

#49278B #8B4927 #278B49

tetradic

#49278B #8B2737 #698B27 #278B7B

square

#49278B #8B2737 #698B27 #278B7B

split-complementary

#49278B #8B7B27 #378B27

monochromatic

#170C2B #301A5B #49278B #6234BB #835BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#49278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#49278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49278B

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49278B	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.156 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8264ae',
    500: '#49278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49278b;
$custom-light: #8264ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3791,
    "c": 0.15561,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49278B

secondary

#96B658

accent

#DF48AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49278B

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

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