#49289B#49289B

#49289B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.174 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49289B
RGB	rgb(73, 40, 155)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 74.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.57, 43.58, -57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.57, 71.90, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(39.5% 0.0565 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.174 289)
XYZ	xyz(9.4211, 5.3002, 31.5306)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49289B #7A9B28

analogous

#28419B #49289B #82289B

triadic

#49289B #9B4928 #289B49

tetradic

#49289B #9B2841 #7A9B28 #289B82

square

#49289B #9B2841 #7A9B28 #289B82

split-complementary

#49289B #9B8228 #419B28

monochromatic

#1B0F3A #321B6A #49289B #6035CB #8766D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#49289B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#49289B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49289B

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49289B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49289B	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)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49289b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 40, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.174 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565b9',
    500: '#49289b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49289b;
$custom-light: #8565b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49289b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.217,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39498,
    "c": 0.17379,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.05301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49289B

secondary

#A3BD61

accent

#E246B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #49289B

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

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