#491C76#491C76

#491C76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.144 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C76
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 118)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 76.3%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 39.35, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 58.25, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(34.64% 0.0766 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(34.64% 0.144 302)
XYZ	xyz(6.4321, 3.5550, 17.4833)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C76 #49761C

analogous

#1C1C76 #491C76 #761C76

triadic

#491C76 #76491C #1C7649

tetradic

#491C76 #761C1C #49761C #1C7676

square

#491C76 #761C1C #49761C #1C7676

split-complementary

#491C76 #76761C #1C761C

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2A1045 #491C76 #6828A7 #863CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#491C76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#491C76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C76

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C76	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.144 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9e',
    500: '#491c76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c76;
$custom-light: #805d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34643,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.03555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C76

secondary

#77AA44

accent

#E54394

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C76

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

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