#491A6C#491A6C

#491A6C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.136 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A6C
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 108)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 75.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.97, 37.75, -38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.97, 53.84, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(33.56% 0.0808 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(33.56% 0.136 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8232, 3.2380, 14.5027)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A6C #3D6C1A

analogous

#201A6C #491A6C #6C1A66

triadic

#491A6C #6C491A #1A6C49

tetradic

#491A6C #6C201A #3D6C1A #1A666C

square

#491A6C #6C201A #3D6C1A #1A666C

split-complementary

#491A6C #666C1A #1A6C20

monochromatic

#110619 #280E3B #491A6C #6A269D #8C33CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#491A6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#491A6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A6C

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A6C	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.136 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b97',
    500: '#491a6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a6c;
$custom-light: #805b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.39,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33555,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A6C

secondary

#6AA141

accent

#E44388

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A6C

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

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