#491481#491481

#491481 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.165 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491481
RGB	rgb(73, 20, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 84.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.95, 45.60, -50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.95, 67.86, 312.22°)
OKLab	oklab(34.82% 0.0804 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(34.82% 0.165 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9592, 3.5017, 21.0739)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491481 #4C8114

analogous

#141681 #491481 #801481

triadic

#491481 #814914 #148149

tetradic

#491481 #811416 #4C8114 #148180

square

#491481 #811416 #4C8114 #148180

split-complementary

#491481 #818014 #168114

monochromatic

#0F041A #2B0C4C #491481 #671CB6 #8530DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#491481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#491481 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491481

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491481	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 20, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.165 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa7',
    500: '#491481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491481;
$custom-light: #825aa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.174,
    "s": 73.154,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34816,
    "c": 0.16482,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491481

secondary

#7AB63B

accent

#F03896

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491481

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

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