#491C75#491C75

#491C75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.143 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C75
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 117)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 76.1%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.06, 39.09, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.06, 57.70, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(34.56% 0.0768 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(34.56% 0.143 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3730, 3.5313, 17.1720)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C75 #48751C

analogous

#1C1C75 #491C75 #751C74

triadic

#491C75 #75491C #1C7549

tetradic

#491C75 #751C1C #48751C #1C7475

square

#491C75 #751C1C #48751C #1C7475

split-complementary

#491C75 #74751C #1C751C

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2A1044 #491C75 #6828A6 #873BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#491C75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#491C75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C75

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C75	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.143 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9d',
    500: '#491c75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c75;
$custom-light: #805d9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.337,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34557,
    "c": 0.1433,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C75

secondary

#76A944

accent

#E44393

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C75

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

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