#491A70#491A70

#491A70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.140 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A70
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 112)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 76.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.30, 38.76, -40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.30, 56.02, 313.77°)
OKLab	oklab(33.89% 0.08 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(33.89% 0.14 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0410, 3.3251, 15.6497)
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

#491A70 #41701A

analogous

#1E1A70 #491A70 #701A6C

triadic

#491A70 #70491A #1A7049

tetradic

#491A70 #701E1A #41701A #1A6C70

square

#491A70 #701E1A #41701A #1A6C70

split-complementary

#491A70 #6C701A #1A701E

monochromatic

#100619 #290E3E #491A70 #6926A2 #8934D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#491A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#491A70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A70

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A70	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)

#003272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.140 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9a',
    500: '#491a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a70;
$custom-light: #805c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.791,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33891,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A70

secondary

#6EA541

accent

#E5428C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A70

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

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