#491571#491571

#491571 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.147 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491571
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 113)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 81.4%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.62, 41.21, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.62, 58.99, 314.31°)
OKLab	oklab(33.43% 0.0846 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(33.43% 0.147 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9958, 3.1451, 15.9108)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491571 #3D7115

analogous

#1B1571 #491571 #71156B

triadic

#491571 #714915 #157149

tetradic

#491571 #711B15 #3D7115 #156B71

square

#491571 #711B15 #3D7115 #156B71

split-complementary

#491571 #6B7115 #15711B

monochromatic

#11051A #280B3D #491571 #6A1FA5 #8C29D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.89

#491571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#491571 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491571

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491571	1.00	12.89	1.63	12.89
#FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.147 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80599b',
    500: '#491571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491571;
$custom-light: #80599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33435,
    "c": 0.14704,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491571

secondary

#6AA73B

accent

#EB3C88

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491571

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

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