#491272#491272

#491272 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.151 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491272
RGB	rgb(73, 18, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 84%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 84.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.30, 42.63, -43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.30, 60.82, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(33.24% 0.0869 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(33.24% 0.151 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0005, 3.0640, 16.1916)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491272 #3B7212

analogous

#191272 #491272 #72126B

triadic

#491272 #724912 #127249

tetradic

#491272 #721912 #3B7212 #126B72

square

#491272 #721912 #3B7212 #126B72

split-complementary

#491272 #6B7212 #127219

monochromatic

#11041A #270A3D #491272 #6B1AA7 #8D23DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.02

#491272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#491272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491272

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491272	1.00	13.02	1.61	13.02
#FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 18, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.151 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81589b',
    500: '#491272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491272;
$custom-light: #81589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.375,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33241,
    "c": 0.15113,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491272

secondary

#68A937

accent

#EF3887

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491272

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

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