#491978#491978

#491978 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.150 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491978
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 79.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, 41.26, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 60.86, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.0791 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.15 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4846, 3.4678, 18.0934)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.49

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491978 #487819

analogous

#1A1978 #491978 #781977

triadic

#491978 #784919 #197849

tetradic

#491978 #781A19 #487819 #197778

square

#491978 #781A19 #487819 #197778

split-complementary

#491978 #777819 #19781A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2A0E45 #491978 #6824AB #8736D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#491978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#491978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491978

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491978	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.150 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ba0',
    500: '#491978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491978;
$custom-light: #815ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.316,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34475,
    "c": 0.15019,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491978

secondary

#76AD40

accent

#E83F93

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491978

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

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