#491C71#491C71

#491C71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.139 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C71
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 113)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.72, 38.05, -40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.72, 55.51, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(34.22% 0.0777 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(34.22% 0.139 304)
XYZ	xyz(6.1429, 3.4392, 15.9598)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C71 #44711C

analogous

#1F1C71 #491C71 #711C6E

triadic

#491C71 #71491C #1C7149

tetradic

#491C71 #711F1C #44711C #1C6E71

square

#491C71 #711F1C #44711C #1C6E71

split-complementary

#491C71 #6E711C #1C711F

monochromatic

#100619 #291040 #491C71 #6928A2 #8839CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#491C71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#491C71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C71

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C71	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.139 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9a',
    500: '#491c71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c71;
$custom-light: #805d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34216,
    "c": 0.13876,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.03439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C71

secondary

#72A643

accent

#E3448F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C71

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

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