#491569#491569

#491569 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.139 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491569
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 105)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 80%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.93, 39.26, -38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.93, 54.73, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(32.74% 0.0866 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(32.74% 0.139 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.5651, 2.9728, 13.6425)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491569 #356915

analogous

#1F1569 #491569 #69155F

triadic

#491569 #694915 #156949

tetradic

#491569 #691F15 #356915 #155F69

square

#491569 #691F15 #356915 #155F69

split-complementary

#491569 #5F6915 #15691F

monochromatic

#12051A #260B36 #491569 #6C1F9C #9029CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#491569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#491569 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491569

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491569	1.00	13.17	1.59	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44293E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.139 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805994',
    500: '#491569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491569;
$custom-light: #805994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32744,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491569

secondary

#61A03A

accent

#EA3E7F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491569

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

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