#491977#491977

#491977 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.149 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491977
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 119)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 79%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.74, 41.00, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.74, 60.32, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0793 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.149 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4243, 3.4436, 17.7754)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491977 #477719

analogous

#1A1977 #491977 #771976

triadic

#491977 #774919 #197749

tetradic

#491977 #771A19 #477719 #197677

square

#491977 #771A19 #477719 #197677

split-complementary

#491977 #767719 #19771A

monochromatic

#100519 #2A0E44 #491977 #6824AA #8736D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#491977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#491977 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491977

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491977	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.149 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b9f',
    500: '#491977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491977;
$custom-light: #815b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.638,
    "s": 65.278,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34386,
    "c": 0.14909,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491977

secondary

#75AC40

accent

#E84092

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491977

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

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