#491A79#491A79

#491A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.150 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A79
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.07, 41.07, -44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.07, 60.90, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(34.67% 0.0779 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(34.67% 0.15 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5674, 3.5357, 18.4219)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.56

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A79 #4A791A

analogous

#1A1B79 #491A79 #791A79

triadic

#491A79 #79491A #1A7949

tetradic

#491A79 #791A1B #4A791A #1A7979

square

#491A79 #791A1B #4A791A #1A7979

split-complementary

#491A79 #79791A #1B791A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2B0F47 #491A79 #6725AB #8639D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#491A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#491A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A79

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A79	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.150 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca0',
    500: '#491a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a79;
$custom-light: #815ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.684,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34675,
    "c": 0.15016,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A79

secondary

#78AD41

accent

#E84095

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A79

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

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