#491C60#491C60

#491C60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.119 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C60
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 96)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 70.8%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.41, 33.78, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.41, 46.15, 317.05°)
OKLab	oklab(32.86% 0.08 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(32.86% 0.119 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.2738, 3.0916, 11.3830)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C60 #33601C

analogous

#271C60 #491C60 #601C55

triadic

#491C60 #60491C #1C6049

tetradic

#491C60 #60271C #33601C #1C5560

square

#491C60 #60271C #33601C #1C5560

split-complementary

#491C60 #55601C #1C6027

monochromatic

#120718 #250E31 #491C60 #6D2A8F #9138BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.98

#491C60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#491C60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C60

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C60	1.00	12.98	1.62	12.98
#FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16325E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462A3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.119 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5c8e',
    500: '#491c60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c60;
$custom-light: #7e5c8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.706,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32859,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C60

secondary

#5E9542

accent

#DE4A7C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C60

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

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