#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
RGBrgb(73, 27, 97)
HSLhsl(279, 56%, 24%)
HSVhsv(279, 72%, 38%)
CMYKcmyk(24.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LABlab(20.30, 34.53, -32.28)
CIE-LCHlch(20.30, 47.27, 316.93°)
OKLaboklab(32.8% 0.0812 -0.0911)
OKLCHoklch(32.8% 0.122 311.7)
XYZxyz(5.2969, 3.0635, 11.6192)
Luminance0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##491B611.0013.021.6113.02
#FFFFFF13.021.0021.001.00
#0000001.6121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF13.021.0021.001.00

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

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#491B61 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva