#491A7C#491A7C

#491A7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.153 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A7C
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 124)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 79%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.34, 41.85, -46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.34, 62.52, 312.01°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% 0.0771 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.153 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7542, 3.6104, 19.4059)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.33

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A7C #4D7C1A

analogous

#1A1C7C #491A7C #7A1A7C

triadic

#491A7C #7C491A #1A7C49

tetradic

#491A7C #7C1A1C #4D7C1A #1A7C7A

square

#491A7C #7C1A1C #4D7C1A #1A7C7A

split-complementary

#491A7C #7C7A1A #1C7C1A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2B0F49 #491A7C #6725AF #853BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#491A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#491A7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A7C

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A7C	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.153 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca3',
    500: '#491a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a7c;
$custom-light: #815ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.776,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34945,
    "c": 0.15349,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A7C

secondary

#7BB042

accent

#E84097

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A7C

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

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