#491B70#491B70

#491B70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.139 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B70
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 112)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 75.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.47, 38.28, -40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.47, 55.50, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.01% 0.0789 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(34.01% 0.139 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0636, 3.3702, 15.6572)
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

#491B70 #42701B

analogous

#1F1B70 #491B70 #701B6C

triadic

#491B70 #70491B #1B7049

tetradic

#491B70 #701F1B #42701B #1B6C70

square

#491B70 #701F1B #42701B #1B6C70

split-complementary

#491B70 #6C701B #1B701F

monochromatic

#100619 #290F3F #491B70 #6927A1 #8937CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#491B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#491B70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B70

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B70	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)

#003272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.139 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9a',
    500: '#491b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b70;
$custom-light: #805c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.471,
    "s": 61.151,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3401,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B70

secondary

#6FA542

accent

#E4448D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B70

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

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