#491B69#491B69

#491B69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.131 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B69
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 105)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 74.3%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.91, 36.51, -36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.91, 51.66, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(33.43% 0.0802 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(33.43% 0.131 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6889, 3.2203, 13.6838)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B69 #3B691B

analogous

#221B69 #491B69 #691B62

triadic

#491B69 #69491B #1B6949

tetradic

#491B69 #69221B #3B691B #1B6269

square

#491B69 #69221B #3B691B #1B6269

split-complementary

#491B69 #62691B #1B6922

monochromatic

#110618 #270E38 #491B69 #6B289A #8D34CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.77

#491B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#491B69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B69

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B69	1.00	12.77	1.64	12.77
#FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.131 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c94',
    500: '#491b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b69;
$custom-light: #7f5c94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.385,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33432,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B69

secondary

#689E42

accent

#E24686

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B69

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

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