#491970#491970

#491970 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.141 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491970
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 112)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 77.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.14, 39.22, -40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.14, 56.53, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(33.78% 0.081 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(33.78% 0.141 305)
XYZ	xyz(6.0193, 3.2816, 15.6424)
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

#491970 #407019

analogous

#1D1970 #491970 #70196C

triadic

#491970 #704919 #197049

tetradic

#491970 #701D19 #407019 #196C70

square

#491970 #701D19 #407019 #196C70

split-complementary

#491970 #6C7019 #19701D

monochromatic

#100619 #280E3E #491970 #6A24A2 #8A32D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#491970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#491970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491970

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491970	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.141 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b9a',
    500: '#491970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491970;
$custom-light: #805b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 63.504,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33775,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491970

secondary

#6DA540

accent

#E7418B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491970

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

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