#491771#491771

#491771 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.145 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491771
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 113)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 79.6%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.91, 40.37, -41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.91, 58.06, 314.05°)
OKLab	oklab(33.64% 0.0828 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(33.64% 0.145 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0340, 3.2215, 15.9235)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491771 #3F7117

analogous

#1C1771 #491771 #71176C

triadic

#491771 #714917 #177149

tetradic

#491771 #711C17 #3F7117 #176C71

square

#491771 #711C17 #3F7117 #176C71

split-complementary

#491771 #6C7117 #17711C

monochromatic

#100519 #280D3E #491771 #6A21A4 #8A2ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.77

#491771 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#491771 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491771

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491771	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491771	1.00	12.77	1.64	12.77
#FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491771;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.145 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a9b',
    500: '#491771',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491771;
$custom-light: #805a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491771",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33641,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491771

secondary

#6CA73D

accent

#E93F8A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491771

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

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