#491275#491275

#491275 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.154 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491275
RGB	rgb(73, 18, 117)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(273, 85%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 84.6%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.57, 43.36, -44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.57, 62.40, 314.02°)
OKLab	oklab(33.51% 0.086 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(33.51% 0.154 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1741, 3.1334, 17.1057)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491275 #3E7512

analogous

#181275 #491275 #751270

triadic

#491275 #754912 #127549

tetradic

#491275 #751812 #3E7512 #127075

square

#491275 #751812 #3E7512 #127075

split-complementary

#491275 #707512 #127518

monochromatic

#11041B #280A40 #491275 #6A1AAA #8B24DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#491275 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#491275 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491275

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491275	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491275	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#402D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491275;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 18, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.154 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81589e',
    500: '#491275',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491275;
$custom-light: #81589e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491275",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33514,
    "c": 0.1542,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491275

secondary

#6BAC37

accent

#F0388A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491275

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

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