#491A6E#491A6E

#491A6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.138 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A6E
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 110)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 76.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.14, 38.25, -39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.14, 54.93, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(33.72% 0.0804 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(33.72% 0.138 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9309, 3.2811, 15.0697)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A6E #3F6E1A

analogous

#1F1A6E #491A6E #6E1A69

triadic

#491A6E #6E491A #1A6E49

tetradic

#491A6E #6E1F1A #3F6E1A #1A696E

square

#491A6E #6E1F1A #3F6E1A #1A696E

split-complementary

#491A6E #696E1A #1A6E1F

monochromatic

#100619 #280E3D #491A6E #6A26A0 #8A34CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#491A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#491A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A6E

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A6E	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.138 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b98',
    500: '#491a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a6e;
$custom-light: #805b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.571,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33722,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A6E

secondary

#6CA341

accent

#E5438A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A6E

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

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