#49278E#49278E

#49278E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.159 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49278E
RGB	rgb(73, 39, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 72.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.22, 40.34, -51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.22, 65.35, 308.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.18% 0.0604 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(38.18% 0.159 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3543, 4.8202, 26.0762)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49278E #6C8E27

analogous

#27388E #49278E #7C278E

triadic

#49278E #8E4927 #278E49

tetradic

#49278E #8E2738 #6C8E27 #278E7C

square

#49278E #8E2738 #6C8E27 #278E7C

split-complementary

#49278E #8E7C27 #388E27

monochromatic

#180D2E #301A5E #49278E #6234BE #845DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#49278E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#49278E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49278E

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49278E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49278E	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49278e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 39, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.159 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364b0',
    500: '#49278e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49278e;
$custom-light: #8364b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49278e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.806,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38176,
    "c": 0.15927,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49278E

secondary

#98B859

accent

#E048AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49278E

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

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