#49429B#49429B

#49429B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.140 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49429B
RGB	rgb(73, 66, 155)
HSL	hsl(245, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(245, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 57.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 28.23, -47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 55.57, 300.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.0302 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.14 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6105, 7.6789, 31.9271)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.91

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49429B #949B42

analogous

#42679B #49429B #75429B

triadic

#49429B #9B4942 #429B49

tetradic

#49429B #9B4267 #949B42 #429B75

square

#49429B #9B4267 #949B42 #429B75

split-complementary

#49429B #9B7542 #679B42

monochromatic

#211D45 #353070 #49429B #665FBB #8F8ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#49429B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#49429B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49429B

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49429B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49429B	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#01519E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#285668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49429b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 66, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.140 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8376b9',
    500: '#49429b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49429b;
$custom-light: #8376b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49429b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.719,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43654,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49429B

secondary

#B4B881

accent

#D058C7

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF6

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0B0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49429B

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

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