#491669#491669

#491669 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.137 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491669
RGB	rgb(73, 22, 105)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 79%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.09, 38.83, -37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.09, 54.25, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(32.85% 0.0856 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(32.85% 0.137 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5838, 3.0103, 13.6488)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491669 #366916

analogous

#1F1669 #491669 #691660

triadic

#491669 #694916 #166949

tetradic

#491669 #691F16 #366916 #166069

square

#491669 #691F16 #366916 #166069

split-complementary

#491669 #606916 #16691F

monochromatic

#120519 #260B36 #491669 #6C219C #8F2BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.11

#491669 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#491669 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491669

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491669	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491669	1.00	13.11	1.60	13.11
#FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491669;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 22, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.137 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805994',
    500: '#491669',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491669;
$custom-light: #805994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491669",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.867,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3285,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491669

secondary

#629F3B

accent

#E83F81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491669

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

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