#491A7A#491A7A

#491A7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.151 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A7A
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 122)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 78.7%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.16, 41.33, -45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.16, 61.44, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(34.77% 0.0776 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(34.77% 0.151 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6290, 3.5603, 18.7465)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.48

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A7A #4B7A1A

analogous

#1A1B7A #491A7A #791A7A

triadic

#491A7A #7A491A #1A7A49

tetradic

#491A7A #7A1A1B #4B7A1A #1A7A79

square

#491A7A #7A1A1B #4B7A1A #1A7A79

split-complementary

#491A7A #7A791A #1B7A1A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2B0F48 #491A7A #6725AC #8639D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#491A7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#491A7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A7A

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A7A	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.151 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca1',
    500: '#491a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a7a;
$custom-light: #815ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.375,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34765,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A7A

secondary

#79AE41

accent

#E84096

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A7A

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

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