#491C68#491C68

#491C68 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.129 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C68
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 104)
HSL	hsl(276, 58%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 73.1%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.01, 35.76, -35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.01, 50.55, 315.02°)
OKLab	oklab(33.48% 0.0792 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(33.48% 0.129 308)
XYZ	xyz(5.6611, 3.2465, 13.4224)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C68 #3B681C

analogous

#231C68 #491C68 #681C61

triadic

#491C68 #68491C #1C6849

tetradic

#491C68 #68231C #3B681C #1C6168

square

#491C68 #68231C #3B681C #1C6168

split-complementary

#491C68 #61681C #1C6823

monochromatic

#110618 #270F38 #491C68 #6B2998 #8D36C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.73

#491C68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#491C68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C68

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C68	1.00	12.73	1.65	12.73
#FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A3366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.129 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c94',
    500: '#491c68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c68;
$custom-light: #7f5c94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.526,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33478,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.03246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C68

secondary

#689D43

accent

#E14786

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C68

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

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