#491A6F#491A6F

#491A6F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.139 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A6F
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 111)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 76.6%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, 38.50, -39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 55.48, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(33.81% 0.0802 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(33.81% 0.139 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9856, 3.3030, 15.3581)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A6F #406F1A

analogous

#1E1A6F #491A6F #6F1A6B

triadic

#491A6F #6F491A #1A6F49

tetradic

#491A6F #6F1E1A #406F1A #1A6B6F

square

#491A6F #6F1E1A #406F1A #1A6B6F

split-complementary

#491A6F #6B6F1A #1A6F1E

monochromatic

#100619 #280E3D #491A6F #6A26A1 #8A34CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#491A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#491A6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A6F

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A6F	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.139 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b99',
    500: '#491a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a6f;
$custom-light: #805b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.176,
    "s": 62.044,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33806,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A6F

secondary

#6DA441

accent

#E5438B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A6F

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

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