#491778#491778

#491778 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.152 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491778
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 120)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 80.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.53, 42.13, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.53, 61.81, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(34.26% 0.0809 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(34.26% 0.152 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4434, 3.3853, 18.0796)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491778 #467817

analogous

#191778 #491778 #781776

triadic

#491778 #784917 #177849

tetradic

#491778 #781917 #467817 #177678

square

#491778 #781917 #467817 #177678

split-complementary

#491778 #767817 #177819

monochromatic

#10051A #2A0D45 #491778 #6821AB #8732D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#491778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#491778 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491778

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491778	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.152 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815aa0',
    500: '#491778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491778;
$custom-light: #815aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.928,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34264,
    "c": 0.15237,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491778

secondary

#74AD3E

accent

#EB3D91

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491778

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

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