#491772#491772

#491772 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.146 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491772
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 114)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 79.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.00, 40.62, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.00, 58.60, 313.88°)
OKLab	oklab(33.73% 0.0825 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(33.73% 0.146 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0906, 3.2442, 16.2216)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491772 #407217

analogous

#1C1772 #491772 #72176E

triadic

#491772 #724917 #177249

tetradic

#491772 #721C17 #407217 #176E72

square

#491772 #721C17 #407217 #176E72

split-complementary

#491772 #6E7217 #17721C

monochromatic

#100519 #280D3F #491772 #6A21A5 #8A2ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#491772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#491772 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491772

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491772	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.146 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a9b',
    500: '#491772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491772;
$custom-light: #805a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.967,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33729,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491772

secondary

#6DA83D

accent

#E93E8B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491772

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

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