#491B62#491B62

#491B62 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.123 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B62
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 98)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.37, 34.78, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.37, 47.82, 316.65°)
OKLab	oklab(32.88% 0.0811 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(32.88% 0.123 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3438, 3.0823, 11.8663)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B62 #34621B

analogous

#261B62 #491B62 #621B58

triadic

#491B62 #62491B #1B6249

tetradic

#491B62 #62261B #34621B #1B5862

square

#491B62 #62261B #34621B #1B5862

split-complementary

#491B62 #58621B #1B6226

monochromatic

#120718 #250E32 #491B62 #6D2892 #9035C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.99

#491B62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#491B62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B62

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B62	1.00	12.99	1.62	12.99
#FFFFFF	12.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.123 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b8f',
    500: '#491b62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b62;
$custom-light: #7f5b8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.873,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3288,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B62

secondary

#609841

accent

#E0487D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B62

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

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