#491872#491872

#491872 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.145 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491872
RGB	rgb(73, 24, 114)
HSL	hsl(273, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 78.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.15, 40.18, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.15, 58.11, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(33.84% 0.0816 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(33.84% 0.145 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1109, 3.2847, 16.2284)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491872 #417218

analogous

#1C1872 #491872 #72186E

triadic

#491872 #724918 #187249

tetradic

#491872 #721C18 #417218 #186E72

square

#491872 #721C18 #417218 #186E72

split-complementary

#491872 #6E7218 #18721C

monochromatic

#100519 #290D3F #491872 #6923A5 #8931D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#491872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#491872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491872

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491872	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 24, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.145 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b9b',
    500: '#491872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491872;
$custom-light: #805b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.667,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33837,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491872

secondary

#6EA73E

accent

#E8408C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491872

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

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