#491C6E#491C6E

#491C6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.135 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C6E
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 110)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 74.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.48, 37.28, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.48, 53.86, 313.81°)
OKLab	oklab(33.97% 0.0782 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(33.97% 0.135 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9768, 3.3728, 15.0850)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C6E #416E1C

analogous

#201C6E #491C6E #6E1C6A

triadic

#491C6E #6E491C #1C6E49

tetradic

#491C6E #6E201C #416E1C #1C6A6E

square

#491C6E #6E201C #416E1C #1C6A6E

split-complementary

#491C6E #6A6E1C #1C6E20

monochromatic

#100618 #29103D #491C6E #69289F #8938CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#491C6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#491C6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C6E

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C6E	1.00	12.54	1.67	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.135 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c98',
    500: '#491c6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c6e;
$custom-light: #805c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.927,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33965,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C6E

secondary

#6EA343

accent

#E3458C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C6E

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

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