#49388B#49388B

#49388B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.132 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49388B
RGB	rgb(73, 56, 139)
HSL	hsl(252, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 59.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.68, 29.46, -43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.68, 52.89, 303.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% 0.042 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.132 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8207, 6.1085, 25.1354)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49388B #7A8B38

analogous

#38508B #49388B #72388B

triadic

#49388B #8B4938 #388B49

tetradic

#49388B #8B3850 #7A8B38 #388B72

square

#49388B #8B3850 #7A8B38 #388B72

split-complementary

#49388B #8B7238 #508B38

monochromatic

#1B1534 #32265F #49388B #604AB6 #8776C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#49388B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#49388B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49388B

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49388B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49388B	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00488E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49388b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 56, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.132 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816fad',
    500: '#49388b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49388b;
$custom-light: #816fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49388b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.289,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40612,
    "c": 0.13221,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49388B

secondary

#A3B16E

accent

#D255B9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49388B

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

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