#491581#491581

#491581 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.164 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491581
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 83.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.08, 45.22, -50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.08, 67.45, 312.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0797 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.164 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9773, 3.5377, 21.0799)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491581 #4D8115

analogous

#151781 #491581 #7F1581

triadic

#491581 #814915 #158149

tetradic

#491581 #811517 #4D8115 #15817F

square

#491581 #811517 #4D8115 #15817F

split-complementary

#491581 #817F15 #178115

monochromatic

#0F041A #2B0C4C #491581 #671EB6 #8533DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#491581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#491581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491581

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491581	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.164 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa7',
    500: '#491581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491581;
$custom-light: #825aa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34906,
    "c": 0.16392,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491581

secondary

#7BB63C

accent

#EF3997

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491581

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

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