#491565#491565

#491565 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.134 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491565
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 101)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 79.2%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.61, 38.31, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.61, 52.59, 316.76°)
OKLab	oklab(32.41% 0.0874 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(32.41% 0.134 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3643, 2.8925, 12.5851)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491565 #316515

analogous

#211565 #491565 #651559

triadic

#491565 #654915 #156549

tetradic

#491565 #652115 #316515 #155965

square

#491565 #652115 #316515 #155965

split-complementary

#491565 #596515 #156521

monochromatic

#120519 #240A32 #491565 #6E2098 #922ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#491565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#491565 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491565

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491565	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45283C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.134 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5891',
    500: '#491565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491565;
$custom-light: #7f5891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32411,
    "c": 0.1344,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491565

secondary

#5C9C3A

accent

#E93F7B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491565

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

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