#491166#491166

#491166 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.140 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491166
RGB	rgb(73, 17, 102)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 83.3%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.13, 40.16, -37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.13, 54.93, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(32.1% 0.0911 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(32.1% 0.14 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3459, 2.7768, 12.8222)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491166 #2E6611

analogous

#1E1166 #491166 #661158

triadic

#491166 #664911 #116649

tetradic

#491166 #661E11 #2E6611 #115866

square

#491166 #661E11 #2E6611 #115866

split-complementary

#491166 #586611 #11661E

monochromatic

#13041A #230832 #491166 #6F1A9A #9422CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.50

#491166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#491166 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491166

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491166	1.00	13.50	1.56	13.50
#FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45263C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 17, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.140 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805792',
    500: '#491166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491166;
$custom-light: #805792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.529,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32098,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491166

secondary

#599E35

accent

#EE3A77

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491166

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

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