#491B6D#491B6D

#491B6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.136 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B6D
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 109)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 75.2%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, 37.52, -38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 53.85, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(33.76% 0.0795 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(33.76% 0.136 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8993, 3.3045, 14.7921)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B6D #3F6D1B

analogous

#201B6D #491B6D #6D1B68

triadic

#491B6D #6D491B #1B6D49

tetradic

#491B6D #6D201B #3F6D1B #1B686D

square

#491B6D #6D201B #3F6D1B #1B686D

split-complementary

#491B6D #686D1B #1B6D20

monochromatic

#100619 #280F3C #491B6D #6A279E #8A35CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#491B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#491B6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B6D

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B6D	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.136 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c97',
    500: '#491b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b6d;
$custom-light: #805c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.659,
    "s": 60.294,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33759,
    "c": 0.13553,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B6D

secondary

#6CA242

accent

#E3448A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B6D

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

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