#491A7E#491A7E

#491A7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.156 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A7E
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 79.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.52, 42.37, -47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.52, 63.59, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.13% 0.0765 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(35.13% 0.156 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8820, 3.6615, 20.0788)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A7E #4F7E1A

analogous

#1A1D7E #491A7E #7B1A7E

triadic

#491A7E #7E491A #1A7E49

tetradic

#491A7E #7E1A1D #4F7E1A #1A7E7B

square

#491A7E #7E1A1D #4F7E1A #1A7E7B

split-complementary

#491A7E #7E7B1A #1D7E1A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2C104B #491A7E #6624B1 #853CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#491A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#491A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A7E

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A7E	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.156 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca4',
    500: '#491a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a7e;
$custom-light: #815ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35127,
    "c": 0.1557,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A7E

secondary

#7DB242

accent

#E93F99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A7E

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

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