#491877#491877

#491877 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.150 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491877
RGB	rgb(73, 24, 119)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 79.8%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.59, 41.44, -44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.59, 60.80, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(34.28% 0.0803 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(34.28% 0.15 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4033, 3.4016, 17.7684)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.43

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491877 #467718

analogous

#191877 #491877 #771875

triadic

#491877 #774918 #187749

tetradic

#491877 #771918 #467718 #187577

square

#491877 #771918 #467718 #187577

split-complementary

#491877 #757718 #187719

monochromatic

#100519 #2A0E44 #491877 #6822AA #8733D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#491877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#491877 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491877

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491877	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 24, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.150 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b9f',
    500: '#491877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491877;
$custom-light: #815b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.947,
    "s": 66.434,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34278,
    "c": 0.15021,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491877

secondary

#74AC3F

accent

#E93E91

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491877

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

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