#49279A#49279A

#49279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.174 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49279A
RGB	rgb(73, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.30, 43.81, -57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.30, 71.92, 307.53°)
OKLab	oklab(39.28% 0.0576 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(39.28% 0.174 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3042, 5.2002, 31.0791)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49279A #789A27

analogous

#273F9A #49279A #82279A

triadic

#49279A #9A4927 #279A49

tetradic

#49279A #9A273F #789A27 #279A82

square

#49279A #9A273F #789A27 #279A82

split-complementary

#49279A #9A8227 #3F9A27

monochromatic

#1B0E38 #321B69 #49279A #6033CB #8664D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#49279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#49279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49279A

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49279A	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.174 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465b9',
    500: '#49279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49279a;
$custom-light: #8465b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.739,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39275,
    "c": 0.17371,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49279A

secondary

#A2BD5F

accent

#E345B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #49279A

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

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