#49279B#49279B

#49279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.175 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49279B
RGB	rgb(73, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.39, 44.10, -57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.39, 72.46, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.37% 0.0574 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(39.37% 0.175 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3878, 5.2336, 31.5195)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49279B #799B27

analogous

#273F9B #49279B #83279B

triadic

#49279B #9B4927 #279B49

tetradic

#49279B #9B273F #799B27 #279B83

square

#49279B #9B273F #799B27 #279B83

split-complementary

#49279B #9B8327 #3F9B27

monochromatic

#1B0E39 #321B6A #49279B #6033CC #8664D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#49279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#49279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49279B

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49279B	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.175 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565ba',
    500: '#49279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49279b;
$custom-light: #8565ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.586,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39369,
    "c": 0.1749,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49279B

secondary

#A2BE60

accent

#E345B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #49279B

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

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