#491C65#491C65

#491C65 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.125 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C65
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 101)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 72.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.78, 35.01, -34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.78, 48.90, 315.72°)
OKLab	oklab(33.24% 0.0795 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(33.24% 0.125 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5114, 3.1867, 12.6341)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C65 #38651C

analogous

#241C65 #491C65 #651C5C

triadic

#491C65 #65491C #1C6549

tetradic

#491C65 #65241C #38651C #1C5C65

square

#491C65 #65241C #38651C #1C5C65

split-complementary

#491C65 #5C651C #1C6524

monochromatic

#110718 #260F35 #491C65 #6C2995 #8E37C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.83

#491C65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#491C65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C65

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C65	1.00	12.83	1.64	12.83
#FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.125 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c91',
    500: '#491c65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c65;
$custom-light: #7f5c91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.986,
    "s": 56.589,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33242,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C65

secondary

#649A43

accent

#E04882

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C65

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

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