#491270#491270

#491270 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.149 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491270
RGB	rgb(73, 18, 112)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 83.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.12, 42.15, -42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.12, 59.77, 314.85°)
OKLab	oklab(33.06% 0.0875 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(33.06% 0.149 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8879, 3.0190, 15.5986)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491270 #397012

analogous

#1A1270 #491270 #701268

triadic

#491270 #704912 #127049

tetradic

#491270 #701A12 #397012 #126870

square

#491270 #701A12 #397012 #126870

split-complementary

#491270 #687012 #12701A

monochromatic

#11041A #270A3B #491270 #6B1AA5 #8E23D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.09

#491270 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#491270 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491270

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491270	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491270	1.00	13.09	1.60	13.09
#FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00316E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491270;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 18, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.149 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80589a',
    500: '#491270',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491270;
$custom-light: #80589a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491270",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.106,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33061,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491270

secondary

#65A737

accent

#EF3984

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491270

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

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