#491570#491570

#491570 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.146 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491570
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 112)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 81.2%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.53, 40.97, -41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.53, 58.46, 314.49°)
OKLab	oklab(33.35% 0.0849 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(33.35% 0.146 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9398, 3.1227, 15.6159)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491570 #3C7015

analogous

#1C1570 #491570 #701569

triadic

#491570 #704915 #157049

tetradic

#491570 #701C15 #3C7015 #156970

square

#491570 #701C15 #3C7015 #156970

split-complementary

#491570 #697015 #15701C

monochromatic

#11051A #270B3C #491570 #6B1FA4 #8C29D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.93

#491570 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#491570 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491570

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491570	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491570	1.00	12.93	1.62	12.93
#FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003072

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491570;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.146 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80599a',
    500: '#491570',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491570;
$custom-light: #80599a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491570",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33347,
    "c": 0.14599,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491570

secondary

#69A63B

accent

#EB3D87

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491570

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

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