#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
RGBrgb(73, 56, 139)
HSLhsl(252, 43%, 38%)
HSVhsv(252, 60%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(47.5%, 59.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(29.68, 29.46, -43.92)
CIE-LCHlch(29.68, 52.89, 303.85°)
OKLaboklab(40.61% 0.042 -0.1254)
OKLCHoklch(40.61% 0.132 288.5)
XYZxyz(8.8207, 6.1085, 25.1354)
Luminance0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##49388B1.009.452.229.45
#FFFFFF9.451.0021.001.00
#0000002.2221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.451.0021.001.00

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

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#49388B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva