#491C69#491C69

#491C69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.130 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C69
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 105)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 73.3%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.08, 36.01, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.08, 51.10, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(33.56% 0.079 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(33.56% 0.13 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7122, 3.2670, 13.6915)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C69 #3C691C

analogous

#221C69 #491C69 #691C62

triadic

#491C69 #69491C #1C6949

tetradic

#491C69 #69221C #3C691C #1C6269

square

#491C69 #69221C #3C691C #1C6269

split-complementary

#491C69 #62691C #1C6922

monochromatic

#110618 #270F39 #491C69 #6B2999 #8C36C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.70

#491C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#491C69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C69

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C69	1.00	12.70	1.65	12.70
#FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.130 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c94',
    500: '#491c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c69;
$custom-light: #7f5c94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.065,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33558,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C69

secondary

#699E43

accent

#E14787

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C69

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

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