#491F72#491F72

#491F72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.136 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F72
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 114)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 72.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.34, 36.80, -40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.34, 54.39, 312.58°)
OKLab	oklab(34.68% 0.0741 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(34.68% 0.136 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2742, 3.6113, 16.2828)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F72 #48721F

analogous

#1F1F72 #491F72 #721F71

triadic

#491F72 #72491F #1F7249

tetradic

#491F72 #721F1F #48721F #1F7172

square

#491F72 #721F1F #48721F #1F7172

split-complementary

#491F72 #71721F #1F721F

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2A1242 #491F72 #682CA2 #8740CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#491F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#491F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F72

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F72	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.136 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9b',
    500: '#491f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f72;
$custom-light: #805e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.361,
    "s": 57.241,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34682,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F72

secondary

#76A647

accent

#E04793

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F72

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

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