#491976#491976

#491976 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.148 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491976
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 118)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 78.8%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.65, 40.75, -43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.65, 59.78, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(34.3% 0.0796 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(34.3% 0.148 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3645, 3.4197, 17.4608)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491976 #467619

analogous

#1B1976 #491976 #761974

triadic

#491976 #764919 #197649

tetradic

#491976 #761B19 #467619 #197476

square

#491976 #761B19 #467619 #197476

split-complementary

#491976 #747619 #19761B

monochromatic

#100519 #2A0E43 #491976 #6824A8 #8735D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#491976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#491976 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491976

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491976	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.148 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b9e',
    500: '#491976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491976;
$custom-light: #815b9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 65.035,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34298,
    "c": 0.14799,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491976

secondary

#74AB40

accent

#E84091

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491976

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

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