#491180#491180

#491180 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.166 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491180
RGB	rgb(73, 17, 128)
HSL	hsl(270, 77%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 87%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 86.7%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.49, 46.41, -50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.49, 68.50, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(34.47% 0.0829 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(34.47% 0.166 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8434, 3.3758, 20.7089)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491180 #488011

analogous

#111180 #491180 #80117F

triadic

#491180 #804911 #118049

tetradic

#491180 #801111 #488011 #117F80

square

#491180 #801111 #488011 #117F80

split-complementary

#491180 #7F8011 #118011

monochromatic

#0F041B #2A0A4A #491180 #6818B6 #8729E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#491180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#491180 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491180

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491180	1.00	12.54	1.68	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 17, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.166 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8258a6',
    500: '#491180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491180;
$custom-light: #8258a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.27,
    "s": 76.552,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34469,
    "c": 0.16631,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491180

secondary

#76B637

accent

#F33593

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491180

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

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