#491472#491472

#491472 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.149 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491472
RGB	rgb(73, 20, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 82.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.56, 41.86, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.56, 59.97, 314.27°)
OKLab	oklab(33.43% 0.0852 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(33.43% 0.149 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0344, 3.1317, 16.2029)
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

#491472 #3D7214

analogous

#1A1472 #491472 #72146C

triadic

#491472 #724914 #147249

tetradic

#491472 #721A14 #3D7214 #146C72

square

#491472 #721A14 #3D7214 #146C72

split-complementary

#491472 #6C7214 #14721A

monochromatic

#11051A #280B3E #491472 #6A1DA6 #8C27D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#491472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#491472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491472

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491472	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)

#003075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 20, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.149 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81599b',
    500: '#491472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491472;
$custom-light: #81599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.83,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33426,
    "c": 0.14914,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491472

secondary

#6AA839

accent

#ED3B89

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491472

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

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