#49278D#49278D

#49278D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.158 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49278D
RGB	rgb(73, 39, 141)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 72.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 40.06, -50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 64.80, 308.18°)
OKLab	oklab(38.09% 0.0606 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(38.09% 0.158 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2796, 4.7903, 25.6825)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49278D #6B8D27

analogous

#27388D #49278D #7C278D

triadic

#49278D #8D4927 #278D49

tetradic

#49278D #8D2738 #6B8D27 #278D7C

square

#49278D #8D2738 #6B8D27 #278D7C

split-complementary

#49278D #8D7C27 #388D27

monochromatic

#170C2D #301A5D #49278D #6234BD #845CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#49278D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#49278D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49278D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49278D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49278D	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49278d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 39, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.158 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364af',
    500: '#49278d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49278d;
$custom-light: #8364af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49278d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38087,
    "c": 0.15805,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49278D

secondary

#98B759

accent

#E048AD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49278D

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

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