#491E73#491E73

#491E73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.138 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E73
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 115)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.24, 37.58, -40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.24, 55.51, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.64% 0.0751 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(34.64% 0.138 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3057, 3.5828, 16.5757)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E73 #48731E

analogous

#1E1E73 #491E73 #731E72

triadic

#491E73 #73491E #1E7349

tetradic

#491E73 #731E1E #48731E #1E7273

square

#491E73 #731E1E #48731E #1E7273

split-complementary

#491E73 #72731E #1E731E

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2A1142 #491E73 #682BA4 #873FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#491E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#491E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E73

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E73	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	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: #491e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.138 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9c',
    500: '#491e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e73;
$custom-light: #805e9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.353,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34635,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E73

secondary

#76A746

accent

#E24693

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E73

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

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