#491C77#491C77

#491C77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.146 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C77
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 119)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 76.5%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.23, 39.61, -43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.23, 58.79, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(34.73% 0.0764 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(34.73% 0.146 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4919, 3.5789, 17.7980)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.11

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C77 #4A771C

analogous

#1C1D77 #491C77 #771C77

triadic

#491C77 #77491C #1C7749

tetradic

#491C77 #771C1D #4A771C #1C7777

square

#491C77 #771C1D #4A771C #1C7777

split-complementary

#491C77 #77771C #1D771C

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2B1045 #491C77 #6728A9 #863CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#491C77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#491C77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C77

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C77	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.146 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815d9f',
    500: '#491c77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c77;
$custom-light: #815d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.67,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3473,
    "c": 0.14557,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C77

secondary

#78AB44

accent

#E54395

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C77

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

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