#491A7D#491A7D

#491A7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.155 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A7D
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 79.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, 42.11, -46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 63.06, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0768 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.155 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8178, 3.6358, 19.7407)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.27

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A7D #4E7D1A

analogous

#1A1C7D #491A7D #7B1A7D

triadic

#491A7D #7D491A #1A7D49

tetradic

#491A7D #7D1A1C #4E7D1A #1A7D7B

square

#491A7D #7D1A1C #4E7D1A #1A7D7B

split-complementary

#491A7D #7D7B1A #1C7D1A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2B0F4A #491A7D #6725B0 #853BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#491A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#491A7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A7D

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A7D	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.155 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca3',
    500: '#491a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a7d;
$custom-light: #815ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.485,
    "s": 65.563,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35035,
    "c": 0.15459,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A7D

secondary

#7CB142

accent

#E93F98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A7D

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

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