#491580#491580

#491580 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.163 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491580
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 128)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 83.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.98, 44.96, -49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.98, 66.92, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.0801 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.163 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9111, 3.5112, 20.7315)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491580 #4C8015

analogous

#151780 #491580 #7F1580

triadic

#491580 #804915 #158049

tetradic

#491580 #801517 #4C8015 #15807F

square

#491580 #801517 #4C8015 #15807F

split-complementary

#491580 #807F15 #178015

monochromatic

#0F041A #2B0C4B #491580 #671EB5 #8532DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#491580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#491580 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491580

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491580	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.163 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa6',
    500: '#491580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491580;
$custom-light: #825aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.159,
    "s": 71.812,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34811,
    "c": 0.16287,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491580

secondary

#7AB53C

accent

#EF3996

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491580

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

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