#491A72#491A72

#491A72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.142 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A72
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 114)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 77.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.47, 39.26, -41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.47, 57.11, 313.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.06% 0.0796 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(34.06% 0.142 304)
XYZ	xyz(6.1536, 3.3702, 16.2426)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A72 #43721A

analogous

#1D1A72 #491A72 #721A6F

triadic

#491A72 #72491A #1A7249

tetradic

#491A72 #721D1A #43721A #1A6F72

square

#491A72 #721D1A #43721A #1A6F72

split-complementary

#491A72 #6F721A #1A721D

monochromatic

#100619 #290F40 #491A72 #6925A4 #8935D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#491A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#491A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A72

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A72	1.00	12.54	1.67	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.142 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9b',
    500: '#491a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a72;
$custom-light: #805c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.045,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34062,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.0337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A72

secondary

#70A741

accent

#E6428E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A72

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

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