#491B73#491B73

#491B73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.142 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B73
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 115)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 76.5%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.72, 39.05, -41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.72, 57.13, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(34.27% 0.0783 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(34.27% 0.142 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2334, 3.4381, 16.5516)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B73 #45731B

analogous

#1D1B73 #491B73 #731B71

triadic

#491B73 #73491B #1B7349

tetradic

#491B73 #731D1B #45731B #1B7173

square

#491B73 #731D1B #45731B #1B7173

split-complementary

#491B73 #71731B #1B731D

monochromatic

#100619 #2A0F41 #491B73 #6827A5 #8838D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#491B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#491B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B73

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B73	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.142 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9c',
    500: '#491b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b73;
$custom-light: #805c9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34265,
    "c": 0.14228,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B73

secondary

#73A842

accent

#E54390

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B73

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

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