#491972#491972

#491972 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.144 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491972
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 114)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 78.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.31, 39.73, -41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.31, 57.62, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(33.95% 0.0806 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(33.95% 0.144 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1318, 3.3267, 16.2354)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491972 #427219

analogous

#1D1972 #491972 #72196E

triadic

#491972 #724919 #197249

tetradic

#491972 #721D19 #427219 #196E72

square

#491972 #721D19 #427219 #196E72

split-complementary

#491972 #6E7219 #19721D

monochromatic

#100619 #290E40 #491972 #6924A4 #8933D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#491972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#491972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491972

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491972	1.00	12.61	1.67	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.144 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b9b',
    500: '#491972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491972;
$custom-light: #805b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.36,
    "s": 64.029,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33948,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491972

secondary

#6FA740

accent

#E7418D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491972

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

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