#491A71#491A71

#491A71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.141 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A71
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 113)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 77%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.39, 39.01, -40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.39, 56.57, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(33.98% 0.0798 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(33.98% 0.141 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0970, 3.3475, 15.9445)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A71 #42711A

analogous

#1E1A71 #491A71 #711A6E

triadic

#491A71 #71491A #1A7149

tetradic

#491A71 #711E1A #42711A #1A6E71

square

#491A71 #711E1A #42711A #1A6E71

split-complementary

#491A71 #6E711A #1A711E

monochromatic

#100619 #290F3F #491A71 #6925A3 #8935D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.58

#491A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#491A71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A71

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A71	1.00	12.58	1.67	12.58
#FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.141 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9a',
    500: '#491a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a71;
$custom-light: #805c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.414,
    "s": 62.59,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33976,
    "c": 0.14128,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A71

secondary

#6FA641

accent

#E6428D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A71

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

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