#491172#491172

#491172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.152 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491172
RGB	rgb(73, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.17, 43.00, -43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.17, 61.22, 314.62°)
OKLab	oklab(33.15% 0.0877 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(33.15% 0.152 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9847, 3.0323, 16.1863)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491172 #3A7211

analogous

#181172 #491172 #72116A

triadic

#491172 #724911 #117249

tetradic

#491172 #721811 #3A7211 #116A72

square

#491172 #721811 #3A7211 #116A72

split-complementary

#491172 #6A7211 #117218

monochromatic

#11041B #27093D #491172 #6B19A7 #8D21DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.07

#491172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#491172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491172

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491172	1.00	13.07	1.61	13.07
#FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.152 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81589b',
    500: '#491172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491172;
$custom-light: #81589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.639,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33154,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491172

secondary

#66A936

accent

#F13786

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491172

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

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