#491168#491168

#491168 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.142 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491168
RGB	rgb(73, 17, 104)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(279, 84%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 83.7%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.30, 40.63, -38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.30, 55.98, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(32.27% 0.0906 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(32.27% 0.142 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4463, 2.8170, 13.3508)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491168 #306811

analogous

#1D1168 #491168 #68115B

triadic

#491168 #684911 #116849

tetradic

#491168 #681D11 #306811 #115B68

square

#491168 #681D11 #306811 #115B68

split-complementary

#491168 #5B6811 #11681D

monochromatic

#12041A #240833 #491168 #6E1A9D #9322D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#491168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#491168 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491168

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491168	1.00	13.43	1.56	13.43
#FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44273D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 17, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.142 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805794',
    500: '#491168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491168;
$custom-light: #805794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.621,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32269,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491168

secondary

#5BA035

accent

#EF397A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491168

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

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