#491C73#491C73

#491C73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.141 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C73
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 115)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 75.7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 38.57, -41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 56.60, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0773 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.141 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2567, 3.4848, 16.5593)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C73 #46731C

analogous

#1D1C73 #491C73 #731C71

triadic

#491C73 #73491C #1C7349

tetradic

#491C73 #731D1C #46731C #1C7173

square

#491C73 #731D1C #46731C #1C7173

split-complementary

#491C73 #71731C #1C731D

monochromatic

#100619 #2A1042 #491C73 #6828A4 #873ACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#491C73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#491C73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C73

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C73	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.141 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9c',
    500: '#491c73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c73;
$custom-light: #805d9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34385,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C73

secondary

#74A743

accent

#E44491

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C73

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →