#491C7E#491C7E

#491C7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.153 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C7E
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 77.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.84, 41.45, -46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.84, 62.60, 311.47°)
OKLab	oklab(35.35% 0.0747 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(35.35% 0.153 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9278, 3.7532, 20.0941)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C7E #517E1C

analogous

#1C207E #491C7E #7A1C7E

triadic

#491C7E #7E491C #1C7E49

tetradic

#491C7E #7E1C20 #517E1C #1C7E7A

square

#491C7E #7E1C20 #517E1C #1C7E7A

split-complementary

#491C7E #7E7A1C #207E1C

monochromatic

#0F061A #2C114C #491C7E #6627B0 #8440D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#491C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#491C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C7E

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C7E	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.153 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da4',
    500: '#491c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c7e;
$custom-light: #815da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.551,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3535,
    "c": 0.15348,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C7E

secondary

#7FB244

accent

#E7419B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C7E

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

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