#491B61#491B61

#491B61 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.122 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B61
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 97)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.30, 34.53, -32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.30, 47.27, 316.93°)
OKLab	oklab(32.8% 0.0812 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(32.8% 0.122 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2969, 3.0635, 11.6192)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B61 #33611B

analogous

#261B61 #491B61 #611B56

triadic

#491B61 #61491B #1B6149

tetradic

#491B61 #61261B #33611B #1B5661

square

#491B61 #61261B #33611B #1B5661

split-complementary

#491B61 #56611B #1B6126

monochromatic

#120718 #250E31 #491B61 #6D2891 #9136C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.02

#491B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#491B61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B61

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B61	1.00	13.02	1.61	13.02
#FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13325F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.122 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b8e',
    500: '#491b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b61;
$custom-light: #7f5b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32803,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B61

secondary

#5E9741

accent

#E0487C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B61

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

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