#491B76#491B76

#491B76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.146 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B76
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 118)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 77.1%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.97, 39.83, -43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.97, 58.77, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(34.53% 0.0776 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(34.53% 0.146 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4088, 3.5083, 17.4756)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B76 #48761B

analogous

#1B1B76 #491B76 #761B75

triadic

#491B76 #76491B #1B7649

tetradic

#491B76 #761B1B #48761B #1B7576

square

#491B76 #761B1B #48761B #1B7576

split-complementary

#491B76 #75761B #1B761B

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2A1044 #491B76 #6826A8 #873AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#491B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#491B76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B76

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B76	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.146 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c9e',
    500: '#491b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b76;
$custom-light: #805c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.33,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34525,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B76

secondary

#76AA42

accent

#E64293

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B76

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

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