#491D70#491D70

#491D70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.136 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D70
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 112)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 74.1%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 37.30, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 54.41, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(34.26% 0.0768 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(34.26% 0.136 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1110, 3.4651, 15.6730)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D70 #44701D

analogous

#1F1D70 #491D70 #701D6D

triadic

#491D70 #70491D #1D7049

tetradic

#491D70 #701F1D #44701D #1D6D70

square

#491D70 #701F1D #44701D #1D6D70

split-complementary

#491D70 #6D701D #1D701F

monochromatic

#100618 #29103F #491D70 #692AA1 #883BCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#491D70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#491D70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D70

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D70	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	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: #491d70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.136 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9a',
    500: '#491d70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d70;
$custom-light: #805d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.807,
    "s": 58.865,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34257,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D70

secondary

#72A444

accent

#E2468F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D70

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

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