#491A7B#491A7B

#491A7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.152 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A7B
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 123)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 78.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.25, 41.58, -45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.25, 61.98, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(34.85% 0.0774 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(34.85% 0.152 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6913, 3.5853, 19.0745)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.40

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A7B #4C7B1A

analogous

#1A1C7B #491A7B #7A1A7B

triadic

#491A7B #7B491A #1A7B49

tetradic

#491A7B #7B1A1C #4C7B1A #1A7B7A

square

#491A7B #7B1A1C #4C7B1A #1A7B7A

split-complementary

#491A7B #7B7A1A #1C7B1A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2B0F48 #491A7B #6725AE #853AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#491A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#491A7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A7B

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A7B	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.152 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca2',
    500: '#491a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a7b;
$custom-light: #815ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.072,
    "s": 65.101,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34854,
    "c": 0.15238,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A7B

secondary

#7AAF42

accent

#E84097

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A7B

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

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