#491C6F#491C6F

#491C6F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.136 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C6F
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 111)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.56, 37.54, -39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.56, 54.41, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.078 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.136 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0315, 3.3947, 15.3733)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C6F #426F1C

analogous

#201C6F #491C6F #6F1C6C

triadic

#491C6F #6F491C #1C6F49

tetradic

#491C6F #6F201C #426F1C #1C6C6F

square

#491C6F #6F201C #426F1C #1C6C6F

split-complementary

#491C6F #6C6F1C #1C6F20

monochromatic

#100618 #29103E #491C6F #6928A0 #8938CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.51

#491C6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#491C6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C6F

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C6F	1.00	12.51	1.68	12.51
#FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.136 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d99',
    500: '#491c6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c6f;
$custom-light: #805d99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.53,
    "s": 59.712,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34048,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C6F

secondary

#6FA443

accent

#E3458D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C6F

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

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