#491A77#491A77

#491A77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.148 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A77
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 119)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 78.2%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.90, 40.55, -43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.90, 59.82, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(34.5% 0.0784 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(34.5% 0.148 302)
XYZ	xyz(6.4460, 3.4871, 17.7827)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.76

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A77 #48771A

analogous

#1B1A77 #491A77 #771A76

triadic

#491A77 #77491A #1A7749

tetradic

#491A77 #771B1A #48771A #1A7677

square

#491A77 #771B1A #48771A #1A7677

split-complementary

#491A77 #76771A #1A771B

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2A0F45 #491A77 #6825A9 #8738D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#491A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#491A77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A77

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A77	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.148 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815c9f',
    500: '#491a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a77;
$custom-light: #815c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.323,
    "s": 64.138,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34498,
    "c": 0.14794,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.03487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A77

secondary

#76AC41

accent

#E74193

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A77

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

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