#491A74#491A74

#491A74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.145 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A74
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 116)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 77.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.64, 39.78, -42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.64, 58.20, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(34.24% 0.0791 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(34.24% 0.145 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2687, 3.4162, 16.8488)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A74 #45741A

analogous

#1C1A74 #491A74 #741A72

triadic

#491A74 #74491A #1A7449

tetradic

#491A74 #741C1A #45741A #1A7274

square

#491A74 #741C1A #45741A #1A7274

split-complementary

#491A74 #72741A #1A741C

monochromatic

#100619 #2A0F42 #491A74 #6825A6 #8836D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#491A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#491A74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A74

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A74	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.145 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9d',
    500: '#491a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a74;
$custom-light: #805c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34235,
    "c": 0.14461,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A74

secondary

#73A941

accent

#E64190

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A74

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

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