#491A65#491A65

#491A65 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.128 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A65
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 101)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 74%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 74.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.42, 36.01, -34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.42, 50.02, 316.04°)
OKLab	oklab(32.99% 0.0819 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(32.99% 0.128 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4655, 3.0950, 12.6189)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A65 #36651A

analogous

#241A65 #491A65 #651A5C

triadic

#491A65 #65491A #1A6549

tetradic

#491A65 #65241A #36651A #1A5C65

square

#491A65 #65241A #36651A #1A5C65

split-complementary

#491A65 #5C651A #1A6524

monochromatic

#120618 #260D34 #491A65 #6C2796 #8F33C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#491A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#491A65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A65

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A65	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.128 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b91',
    500: '#491a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a65;
$custom-light: #7f5b91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.6,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32987,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A65

secondary

#629B40

accent

#E24680

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A65

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

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