#491E72#491E72

#491E72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.137 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E72
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 114)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 73.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.16, 37.32, -40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.16, 54.96, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(34.55% 0.0753 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(34.55% 0.137 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2485, 3.5599, 16.2743)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E72 #47721E

analogous

#1F1E72 #491E72 #721E71

triadic

#491E72 #72491E #1E7249

tetradic

#491E72 #721F1E #47721E #1E7172

square

#491E72 #721F1E #47721E #1E7172

split-complementary

#491E72 #71721E #1E721F

monochromatic

#100618 #2A1142 #491E72 #682BA2 #873ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#491E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#491E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E72

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E72	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.137 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9b',
    500: '#491e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e72;
$custom-light: #805e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34551,
    "c": 0.1373,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E72

secondary

#75A646

accent

#E24692

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E72

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

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