#491A7F#491A7F

#491A7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.157 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A7F
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 127)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 79.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 42.63, -47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 64.13, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.22% 0.0762 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(35.22% 0.157 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9468, 3.6875, 20.4203)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A7F #507F1A

analogous

#1A1D7F #491A7F #7C1A7F

triadic

#491A7F #7F491A #1A7F49

tetradic

#491A7F #7F1A1D #507F1A #1A7F7C

square

#491A7F #7F1A1D #507F1A #1A7F7C

split-complementary

#491A7F #7F7C1A #1D7F1A

monochromatic

#0F0519 #2C104C #491A7F #6624B2 #843CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#491A7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#491A7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A7F

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A7F	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.157 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca5',
    500: '#491a7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a7f;
$custom-light: #825ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.921,
    "s": 66.013,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35218,
    "c": 0.1568,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A7F

secondary

#7EB342

accent

#E93F9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A7F

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

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