#491A68#491A68

#491A68 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.131 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A68
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 104)
HSL	hsl(276, 60%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(276, 75%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 75%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.65, 36.75, -36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.65, 51.66, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(33.23% 0.0815 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(33.23% 0.131 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6152, 3.1548, 13.4072)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A68 #39681A

analogous

#221A68 #491A68 #681A60

triadic

#491A68 #68491A #1A6849

tetradic

#491A68 #68221A #39681A #1A6068

square

#491A68 #68221A #39681A #1A6068

split-complementary

#491A68 #60681A #1A6822

monochromatic

#110618 #270E37 #491A68 #6B2699 #8E32CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#491A68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#491A68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A68

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A68	1.00	12.88	1.63	12.88
#FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.131 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b94',
    500: '#491a68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a68;
$custom-light: #7f5b94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.154,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33227,
    "c": 0.13125,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A68

secondary

#659D40

accent

#E34584

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A68

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

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