#491781#491781

#491781 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.162 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491781
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 129)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 82.2%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.35, 44.43, -49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.35, 66.59, 311.85°)
OKLab	oklab(35.1% 0.0782 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(35.1% 0.162 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0155, 3.6141, 21.0926)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491781 #4F8117

analogous

#171A81 #491781 #7E1781

triadic

#491781 #814917 #178149

tetradic

#491781 #81171A #4F8117 #17817E

square

#491781 #81171A #4F8117 #17817E

split-complementary

#491781 #817E17 #1A8117

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0E4D #491781 #6620B5 #8537DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#491781 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#491781 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491781

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491781	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491781	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491781;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.162 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba6',
    500: '#491781',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491781;
$custom-light: #825ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491781",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.302,
    "s": 69.737,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35095,
    "c": 0.16204,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491781

secondary

#7DB53E

accent

#ED3B99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491781

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

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