#491C7D#491C7D

#491C7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.152 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C7D
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 77.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.75, 41.19, -46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.75, 62.06, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.26% 0.075 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(35.26% 0.152 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8636, 3.7276, 19.7559)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.65

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C7D #507D1C

analogous

#1C1F7D #491C7D #7A1C7D

triadic

#491C7D #7D491C #1C7D49

tetradic

#491C7D #7D1C1F #507D1C #1C7D7A

square

#491C7D #7D1C1F #507D1C #1C7D7A

split-complementary

#491C7D #7D7A1C #1F7D1C

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2C114B #491C7D #6627AF #843FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#491C7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#491C7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C7D

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C7D	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.152 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da3',
    500: '#491c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c7d;
$custom-light: #815da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.835,
    "s": 63.399,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3526,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C7D

secondary

#7EB144

accent

#E6419A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C7D

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

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