Information about #49187E color

#49187E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#49187E falls into the Violet Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(73, 24, 126) — 28.6% red, 9.4% green, 49.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 21 / 40 / 0 / 51. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#49187E is a energetic, saturated twilight violet that holds a balanced mid-tone. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Purple Monster (#461B7E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Royal Violet (#3F1979) and Aesthetic Purple (#502380).

In RGB terms — rgb(73, 24, 126) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #49187E: 12.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.7:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #49187E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#49187E color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#49187E color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #49187E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#49187E
  • RGB73, 24, 126
  • CMYK21, 40, 0, 51
  • CSSrgb(73, 24, 126)
  • HSL269°, 68%, 29%
  • HSL Precise268.824°, 68%, 29.412%
  • HSV269°, 81%, 49%
  • HSB269°, 81%, 49%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.094
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.494
  • GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.094, 0.494)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.094, 0.494, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.094, 0.494)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB9.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB49.4%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID49187E
  • DECIMAL ID4790398
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01