#491B65#491B65

#491B65 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.127 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B65
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 101)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 73.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.60, 35.51, -34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.60, 49.47, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(33.11% 0.0807 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(33.11% 0.127 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4881, 3.1400, 12.6264)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B65 #37651B

analogous

#241B65 #491B65 #651B5C

triadic

#491B65 #65491B #1B6549

tetradic

#491B65 #65241B #37651B #1B5C65

square

#491B65 #65241B #37651B #1B5C65

split-complementary

#491B65 #5C651B #1B6524

monochromatic

#110618 #260E35 #491B65 #6C2895 #8F35C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#491B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#491B65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B65

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B65	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.127 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c91',
    500: '#491b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b65;
$custom-light: #7f5c91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 57.813,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33113,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B65

secondary

#639A41

accent

#E14781

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B65

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

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