#49279D#49279D

#49279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.177 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49279D
RGB	rgb(73, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.58, 44.68, -58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.58, 73.53, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.56% 0.0569 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(39.56% 0.177 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5572, 5.3014, 32.4114)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49279D #7B9D27

analogous

#27409D #49279D #84279D

triadic

#49279D #9D4927 #279D49

tetradic

#49279D #9D2740 #7B9D27 #279D84

square

#49279D #9D2740 #7B9D27 #279D84

split-complementary

#49279D #9D8427 #409D27

monochromatic

#1B0F3B #321B6C #49279D #6035CD #8766D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#49279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#49279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49279D

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49279D	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.177 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565bb',
    500: '#49279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49279d;
$custom-light: #8565bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.288,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39557,
    "c": 0.17727,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49279D

secondary

#A4BF61

accent

#E344B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #49279D

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

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