#491681#491681

#491681 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.163 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491681
RGB	rgb(73, 22, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 82.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 44.83, -49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 67.02, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35% 0.079 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(35% 0.163 299)
XYZ	xyz(6.9960, 3.5752, 21.0861)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491681 #4E8116

analogous

#161981 #491681 #7F1681

triadic

#491681 #814916 #168149

tetradic

#491681 #811619 #4E8116 #16817F

square

#491681 #811619 #4E8116 #16817F

split-complementary

#491681 #817F16 #198116

monochromatic

#0F041A #2B0D4D #491681 #671FB5 #8535DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#491681 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#491681 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491681

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491681	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491681	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	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: #491681;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 22, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.163 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba7',
    500: '#491681',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491681;
$custom-light: #825ba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491681",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.598,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34999,
    "c": 0.163,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.03575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491681

secondary

#7CB63D

accent

#EE3A98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491681

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

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