#491C7C#491C7C

#491C7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.151 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C7C
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 124)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 77.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.66, 40.93, -45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.66, 61.51, 311.71°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.0752 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.151 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8001, 3.7021, 19.4212)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C7C #4F7C1C

analogous

#1C1F7C #491C7C #791C7C

triadic

#491C7C #7C491C #1C7C49

tetradic

#491C7C #7C1C1F #4F7C1C #1C7C79

square

#491C7C #7C1C1F #4F7C1C #1C7C79

split-complementary

#491C7C #7C791C #1F7C1C

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2C114A #491C7C #6627AE #853FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#491C7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#491C7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C7C

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C7C	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.151 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da3',
    500: '#491c7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c7c;
$custom-light: #815da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35171,
    "c": 0.15122,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C7C

secondary

#7DB044

accent

#E64299

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C7C

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

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