#491C6A#491C6A

#491C6A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.131 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C6A
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 106)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 73.6%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.16, 36.26, -36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.16, 51.66, 314.59°)
OKLab	oklab(33.64% 0.0789 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(33.64% 0.131 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7639, 3.2877, 13.9638)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C6A #3D6A1C

analogous

#221C6A #491C6A #6A1C64

triadic

#491C6A #6A491C #1C6A49

tetradic

#491C6A #6A221C #3D6A1C #1C646A

square

#491C6A #6A221C #3D6A1C #1C646A

split-complementary

#491C6A #646A1C #1C6A22

monochromatic

#110618 #280F3A #491C6A #6A299A #8C36CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#491C6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#491C6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C6A

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C6A	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.131 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c95',
    500: '#491c6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c6a;
$custom-light: #7f5c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33638,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C6A

secondary

#6A9F43

accent

#E14688

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C6A

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

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