#491A6B#491A6B

#491A6B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.135 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A6B
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 107)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 75.7%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.89, 37.49, -37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.89, 53.29, 314.71°)
OKLab	oklab(33.47% 0.081 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(33.47% 0.135 307)
XYZ	xyz(5.7703, 3.2169, 14.2240)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A6B #3C6B1A

analogous

#201A6B #491A6B #6B1A64

triadic

#491A6B #6B491A #1A6B49

tetradic

#491A6B #6B201A #3C6B1A #1A646B

square

#491A6B #6B201A #3C6B1A #1A646B

split-complementary

#491A6B #646B1A #1A6B20

monochromatic

#110619 #270E3A #491A6B #6B269C #8C32CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#491A6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#491A6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A6B

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A6B	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.135 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b96',
    500: '#491a6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a6b;
$custom-light: #7f5b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.815,
    "s": 60.902,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33472,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.03217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A6B

secondary

#69A040

accent

#E44487

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A6B

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

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