#491C70#491C70

#491C70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.138 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C70
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 112)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 75%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.64, 37.79, -39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.64, 54.96, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.13% 0.0779 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(34.13% 0.138 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0869, 3.4169, 15.6649)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C70 #43701C

analogous

#1F1C70 #491C70 #701C6D

triadic

#491C70 #70491C #1C7049

tetradic

#491C70 #701F1C #43701C #1C6D70

square

#491C70 #701F1C #43701C #1C6D70

split-complementary

#491C70 #6D701C #1C701F

monochromatic

#100618 #29103F #491C70 #6928A1 #8939CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#491C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#491C70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C70

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C70	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.138 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9a',
    500: '#491c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c70;
$custom-light: #805d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34132,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C70

secondary

#70A543

accent

#E3458E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C70

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

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