#491973#491973

#491973 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.145 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491973
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 115)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 78.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.39, 39.98, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.39, 58.16, 313.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.03% 0.0803 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(34.03% 0.145 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1891, 3.3495, 16.5368)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491973 #437319

analogous

#1C1973 #491973 #731970

triadic

#491973 #734919 #197349

tetradic

#491973 #731C19 #437319 #197073

square

#491973 #731C19 #437319 #197073

split-complementary

#491973 #707319 #19731C

monochromatic

#100519 #290E41 #491973 #6924A5 #8934D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#491973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#491973 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491973

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491973	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.145 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b9c',
    500: '#491973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491973;
$custom-light: #805b9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34034,
    "c": 0.14469,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491973

secondary

#70A840

accent

#E7418E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491973

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

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