#491575#491575

#491575 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.151 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491575
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 117)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 82%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 82.1%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.97, 42.20, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.97, 61.12, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(33.79% 0.0835 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(33.79% 0.151 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2260, 3.2372, 17.1230)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491575 #417515

analogous

#191575 #491575 #751571

triadic

#491575 #754915 #157549

tetradic

#491575 #751915 #417515 #157175

square

#491575 #751915 #417515 #157175

split-complementary

#491575 #717515 #157519

monochromatic

#10051A #290C41 #491575 #691EA9 #892BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#491575 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#491575 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491575

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491575	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491575	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#402F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491575;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.151 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81599e',
    500: '#491575',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491575;
$custom-light: #81599e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491575",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33792,
    "c": 0.15126,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491575

secondary

#6EAB3B

accent

#EC3B8D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491575

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

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