#491A75#491A75

#491A75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.146 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A75
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 117)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 77.8%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.72, 40.03, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.72, 58.74, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(34.32% 0.0789 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(34.32% 0.146 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3272, 3.4396, 17.1567)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A75 #46751A

analogous

#1C1A75 #491A75 #751A73

triadic

#491A75 #75491A #1A7549

tetradic

#491A75 #751C1A #46751A #1A7375

square

#491A75 #751C1A #46751A #1A7375

split-complementary

#491A75 #73751A #1A751C

monochromatic

#100619 #2A0F43 #491A75 #6825A7 #8737D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#491A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#491A75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A75

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A75	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.146 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9d',
    500: '#491a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a75;
$custom-light: #805c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.989,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34322,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A75

secondary

#74AA41

accent

#E74191

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A75

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

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