#491F73#491F73

#491F73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.137 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F73
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 115)
HSL	hsl(270, 58%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 73%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.42, 37.07, -40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.42, 54.95, 312.42°)
OKLab	oklab(34.77% 0.074 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(34.77% 0.137 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3314, 3.6342, 16.5842)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F73 #49731F

analogous

#1F1F73 #491F73 #731F73

triadic

#491F73 #73491F #1F7349

tetradic

#491F73 #731F1F #49731F #1F7373

square

#491F73 #731F1F #49731F #1F7373

split-complementary

#491F73 #73731F #1F731F

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2A1243 #491F73 #682CA3 #8641CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#491F73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#491F73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F73

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F73	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.137 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9c',
    500: '#491f73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f73;
$custom-light: #805e9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 57.534,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34765,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F73

secondary

#77A747

accent

#E14794

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F73

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

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