#491C66#491C66

#491C66 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.126 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C66
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 102)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 72.5%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.85, 35.26, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.85, 49.45, 315.48°)
OKLab	oklab(33.32% 0.0794 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(33.32% 0.126 309)
XYZ	xyz(5.5607, 3.2064, 12.8938)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C66 #39661C

analogous

#241C66 #491C66 #661C5E

triadic

#491C66 #66491C #1C6649

tetradic

#491C66 #66241C #39661C #1C5E66

square

#491C66 #66241C #39661C #1C5E66

split-complementary

#491C66 #5E661C #1C6624

monochromatic

#110718 #270F36 #491C66 #6B2996 #8E36C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#491C66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#491C66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C66

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C66	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.126 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c92',
    500: '#491c66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c66;
$custom-light: #7f5c92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.486,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3332,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.03206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C66

secondary

#659B43

accent

#E04883

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C66

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

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