#491B6E#491B6E

#491B6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.137 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B6E
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 110)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 75.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.31, 37.77, -39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.31, 54.40, 313.97°)
OKLab	oklab(33.84% 0.0793 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(33.84% 0.137 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9534, 3.3262, 15.0772)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B6E #406E1B

analogous

#201B6E #491B6E #6E1B6A

triadic

#491B6E #6E491B #1B6E49

tetradic

#491B6E #6E201B #406E1B #1B6A6E

square

#491B6E #6E201B #406E1B #1B6A6E

split-complementary

#491B6E #6A6E1B #1B6E20

monochromatic

#100619 #280F3D #491B6E #6A279F #8A36CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#491B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#491B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B6E

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B6E	1.00	12.61	1.67	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.137 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c98',
    500: '#491b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b6e;
$custom-light: #805c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.253,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33842,
    "c": 0.13666,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B6E

secondary

#6DA342

accent

#E4448B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B6E

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

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