#491A66#491A66

#491A66 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.129 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A66
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 102)
HSL	hsl(277, 59%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 74.5%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.50, 36.25, -35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.50, 50.56, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(33.07% 0.0818 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(33.07% 0.129 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5148, 3.1147, 12.8785)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A66 #37661A

analogous

#231A66 #491A66 #661A5D

triadic

#491A66 #66491A #1A6649

tetradic

#491A66 #66231A #37661A #1A5D66

square

#491A66 #66231A #37661A #1A5D66

split-complementary

#491A66 #5D661A #1A6623

monochromatic

#110618 #260E35 #491A66 #6C2697 #8F33C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.94

#491A66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#491A66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A66

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A66	1.00	12.94	1.62	12.94
#FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A3264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.129 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b92',
    500: '#491a66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a66;
$custom-light: #7f5b92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.105,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33067,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A66

secondary

#639C40

accent

#E34581

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A66

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

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