#491C6D#491C6D

#491C6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.134 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C6D
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 109)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 74.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.40, 37.03, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.40, 53.31, 313.99°)
OKLab	oklab(33.88% 0.0784 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(33.88% 0.134 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9226, 3.3511, 14.7999)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C6D #406D1C

analogous

#201C6D #491C6D #6D1C69

triadic

#491C6D #6D491C #1C6D49

tetradic

#491C6D #6D201C #406D1C #1C696D

square

#491C6D #6D201C #406D1C #1C696D

split-complementary

#491C6D #696D1C #1C6D20

monochromatic

#100618 #280F3C #491C6D #6A299E #8A38CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#491C6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#491C6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C6D

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C6D	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.134 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5c97',
    500: '#491c6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c6d;
$custom-light: #7f5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 59.124,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33883,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C6D

secondary

#6DA243

accent

#E2458B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C6D

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

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