#491878#491878

#491878 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.151 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491878
RGB	rgb(73, 24, 120)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 80%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.67, 41.70, -44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.67, 61.34, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.37% 0.08 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(34.37% 0.151 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4636, 3.4258, 18.0864)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491878 #477818

analogous

#191878 #491878 #781877

triadic

#491878 #784918 #187849

tetradic

#491878 #781918 #477818 #187778

square

#491878 #781918 #477818 #187778

split-complementary

#491878 #777818 #187819

monochromatic

#10051A #2A0E45 #491878 #6822AB #8734D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#491878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#491878 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491878

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491878	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	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: #491878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 24, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.151 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ba0',
    500: '#491878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491878;
$custom-light: #815ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.625,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34368,
    "c": 0.15129,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491878

secondary

#75AD3F

accent

#EA3E92

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491878

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

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