#491072#491072

#491072 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.153 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491072
RGB	rgb(73, 16, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 75%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(275, 86%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 86%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.05, 43.35, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.05, 61.61, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(33.07% 0.0885 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(33.07% 0.153 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9695, 3.0020, 16.1813)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491072 #397210

analogous

#181072 #491072 #72106A

triadic

#491072 #724910 #107249

tetradic

#491072 #721810 #397210 #106A72

square

#491072 #721810 #397210 #106A72

split-complementary

#491072 #6A7210 #107218

monochromatic

#11041B #27083C #491072 #6B18A8 #8E1FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.12

#491072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#491072 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491072

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491072	1.00	13.12	1.60	13.12
#FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 16, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.153 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81579b',
    500: '#491072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491072;
$custom-light: #81579b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.898,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3307,
    "c": 0.15298,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491072

secondary

#65A934

accent

#F23685

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491072

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

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