#491B68#491B68

#491B68 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.130 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B68
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 104)
HSL	hsl(276, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 74%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 74%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.83, 36.26, -36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.83, 51.11, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(33.35% 0.0803 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(33.35% 0.13 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6378, 3.1999, 13.4147)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B68 #3A681B

analogous

#221B68 #491B68 #681B60

triadic

#491B68 #68491B #1B6849

tetradic

#491B68 #68221B #3A681B #1B6068

square

#491B68 #68221B #3A681B #1B6068

split-complementary

#491B68 #60681B #1B6822

monochromatic

#110618 #270E37 #491B68 #6B2899 #8D34C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#491B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#491B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B68

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B68	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.130 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c94',
    500: '#491b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b68;
$custom-light: #7f5c94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.844,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33351,
    "c": 0.1299,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B68

secondary

#669D42

accent

#E24685

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B68

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

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