#49104F

sRGB · 73 / 16 / 79

#49104F belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 73 red, 16 green and 79 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 294.3° lands in the magenta region. Its 66.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 18.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.28:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 73, 16, 79
HSL: 294.29°, 66.32%, 18.63%
HSV / HSB: 294.29°, 79.75%, 30.98%
CMYK (approx.): 7.59%, 79.75%, 0.00%, 69.02%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 4.344, 2.352, 7.623
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 17.234, 35.516, -25.122
WCAG relative luminance: 0.02352
24-bit decimal: 4788303

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #49104F in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 1.47:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 14.28:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#164F10 sits half a turn (180°) from #49104F on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#49104F #164F10

Analogous

#2A104F and #4F1035 sit 30° to either side of #49104F. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#2A104F #49104F #4F1035

Triadic

#49104F, #4F4910 and #104F49 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#49104F #4F4910 #104F49

Split complementary

Start at #49104F and look across the wheel. #354F10 and #104F2A sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#49104F #354F10 #104F2A

Square

Starting with #49104F, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #4F2A10, #164F10, then #10354F. Across the square, #49104F pairs with #164F10, and #4F2A10 with #10354F.

#49104F #4F2A10 #164F10 #10354F

Tetradic

#49104F and #164F10 are opposites, as are #4F1016 and #104F49. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#49104F #4F1016 #164F10 #104F49

Tints

Mixing #49104F with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6D4072, keeps 80% of the original. By #DBCFDC, the mixture is 80% white.

#49104F #6D4072 #927095 #B69FB9 #DBCFDC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #49104F with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3A0D3F, keeps 80% of the original. By #0F0310, the mixture is 80% black.

#49104F #3A0D3F #2C0A2F #1D0620 #0F0310 #000000

Tones

Mixing #49104F with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #542659, keeps 80% of the original. By #756A76, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#49104F #542659 #5F3D63 #6A536C #756A76 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#49104F

RGB

rgb(73 16 79)

HSL

hsl(294.286 66.316% 18.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #49104F;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#49104F uses 73 red, 16 green and 79 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 28.6%

Green 6.3%

Blue 31.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #49104F is 7.6% cyan, 79.7% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 69.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.6%

Magenta 79.7%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 69.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #441155. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #415 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #49104F when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #330066, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #441155 Nearest web-safe · #330066

Gradient to complement

#49104F #411B45 #38253A #303030 #273A25 #1F451B #164F10

Color vision previews

Compare how #49104F appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#002651

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#1B2D4D

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#4A1B2E

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#2A2150

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#2E264E

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#481645

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#2A2A2A

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#3C2040

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.06663 G 0.00518 B 0.07819

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.26177 G 0.08021 B 0.29892

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.05572 G 0.00722 B 0.07270

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.303 y 0.164 Y 2.352

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 71.373 M % 93.725 Y % 69.020

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01001001 00010000 01001111