#491971#491971

#491971 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.142 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491971
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 113)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 77.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, 39.47, -41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 57.08, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(33.86% 0.0808 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(33.86% 0.142 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0752, 3.3040, 15.9373)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491971 #417119

analogous

#1D1971 #491971 #71196D

triadic

#491971 #714919 #197149

tetradic

#491971 #711D19 #417119 #196D71

square

#491971 #711D19 #417119 #196D71

split-complementary

#491971 #6D7119 #19711D

monochromatic

#100619 #290E3F #491971 #6924A3 #8933D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#491971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#491971 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491971

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491971	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.142 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b9a',
    500: '#491971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491971;
$custom-light: #805b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33861,
    "c": 0.14249,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491971

secondary

#6EA640

accent

#E7418C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491971

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

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