#491879#491879

#491879 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.152 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491879
RGB	rgb(73, 24, 121)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 80.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.76, 41.95, -45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.76, 61.87, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.46% 0.0797 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(34.46% 0.152 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5246, 3.4502, 18.4077)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.23

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491879 #487918

analogous

#181879 #491879 #791878

triadic

#491879 #794918 #187949

tetradic

#491879 #791818 #487918 #187879

square

#491879 #791818 #487918 #187879

split-complementary

#491879 #787918 #187918

monochromatic

#0F051A #2A0E46 #491879 #6822AC #8735D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#491879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#491879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491879

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491879	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 24, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.152 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ba1',
    500: '#491879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491879;
$custom-light: #815ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.309,
    "s": 66.897,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34458,
    "c": 0.15238,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491879

secondary

#76AE3F

accent

#EA3E93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491879

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

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