#491B6A#491B6A

#491B6A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.132 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B6A
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 106)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 74.5%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.98, 36.76, -37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.98, 52.21, 314.76°)
OKLab	oklab(33.51% 0.08 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(33.51% 0.132 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7406, 3.2410, 13.9560)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B6A #3C6A1B

analogous

#221B6A #491B6A #6A1B63

triadic

#491B6A #6A491B #1B6A49

tetradic

#491B6A #6A221B #3C6A1B #1B636A

square

#491B6A #6A221B #3C6A1B #1B636A

split-complementary

#491B6A #636A1B #1B6A22

monochromatic

#110618 #270F39 #491B6A #6B279B #8C34CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#491B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#491B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B6A

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B6A	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.132 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c95',
    500: '#491b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b6a;
$custom-light: #7f5c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.937,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33513,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B6A

secondary

#699F42

accent

#E34587

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B6A

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

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