#491D73#491D73

#491D73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.140 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D73
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 115)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 74.8%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.06, 38.08, -41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.06, 56.06, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(34.51% 0.0762 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(34.51% 0.14 303)
XYZ	xyz(6.2808, 3.5330, 16.5674)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D73 #47731D

analogous

#1E1D73 #491D73 #731D72

triadic

#491D73 #73491D #1D7349

tetradic

#491D73 #731E1D #47731D #1D7273

square

#491D73 #731E1D #47731D #1D7273

split-complementary

#491D73 #72731D #1D731E

monochromatic

#100618 #2A1142 #491D73 #6829A4 #873CCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#491D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#491D73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D73

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D73	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.140 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9c',
    500: '#491d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d73;
$custom-light: #805d9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.698,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34509,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.03533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D73

secondary

#75A745

accent

#E34592

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D73

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

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