#491A6D#491A6D

#491A6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.137 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A6D
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 109)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 76.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.05, 38.00, -38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.05, 54.39, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(33.64% 0.0806 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(33.64% 0.137 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8768, 3.2594, 14.7846)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A6D #3E6D1A

analogous

#201A6D #491A6D #6D1A68

triadic

#491A6D #6D491A #1A6D49

tetradic

#491A6D #6D201A #3E6D1A #1A686D

square

#491A6D #6D201A #3E6D1A #1A686D

split-complementary

#491A6D #686D1A #1A6D20

monochromatic

#110619 #280E3C #491A6D #6A269E #8B33CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#491A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#491A6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A6D

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A6D	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.137 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b97',
    500: '#491a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a6d;
$custom-light: #805b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.976,
    "s": 61.481,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33638,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A6D

secondary

#6BA241

accent

#E54389

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A6D

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

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