#491E70#491E70

#491E70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.135 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E70
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 112)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.00, 36.79, -39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.00, 53.85, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0756 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.135 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1359, 3.5149, 15.6813)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E70 #45701E

analogous

#201E70 #491E70 #701E6E

triadic

#491E70 #70491E #1E7049

tetradic

#491E70 #70201E #45701E #1E6E70

square

#491E70 #70201E #45701E #1E6E70

split-complementary

#491E70 #6E701E #1E7020

monochromatic

#100618 #2A1140 #491E70 #682BA0 #883DCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#491E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#491E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E70

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E70	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.135 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9a',
    500: '#491e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e70;
$custom-light: #805e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.463,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34385,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E70

secondary

#73A446

accent

#E14790

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E70

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

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