#491A73#491A73

#491A73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.143 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A73
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 115)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 77.4%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.55, 39.52, -41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.55, 57.65, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(34.15% 0.0793 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(34.15% 0.144 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2108, 3.3931, 16.5441)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A73 #44731A

analogous

#1C1A73 #491A73 #731A71

triadic

#491A73 #73491A #1A7349

tetradic

#491A73 #731C1A #44731A #1A7173

square

#491A73 #731C1A #44731A #1A7173

split-complementary

#491A73 #71731A #1A731C

monochromatic

#100619 #290F41 #491A73 #6925A5 #8836D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.51

#491A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#491A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A73

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A73	1.00	12.51	1.68	12.51
#FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.143 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9c',
    500: '#491a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a73;
$custom-light: #805c9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.685,
    "s": 63.121,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34148,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A73

secondary

#72A841

accent

#E6428F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A73

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

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