#491C7F#491C7F

#491C7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.155 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C7F
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 127)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 78%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 41.72, -47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 63.14, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(35.44% 0.0744 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(35.44% 0.155 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9927, 3.7792, 20.4356)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C7F #527F1C

analogous

#1C207F #491C7F #7A1C7F

triadic

#491C7F #7F491C #1C7F49

tetradic

#491C7F #7F1C20 #527F1C #1C7F7A

square

#491C7F #7F1C20 #527F1C #1C7F7A

split-complementary

#491C7F #7F7A1C #207F1C

monochromatic

#0F061B #2C114D #491C7F #6627B1 #8440D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#491C7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#491C7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C7F

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C7F	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.155 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da5',
    500: '#491c7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c7f;
$custom-light: #815da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 63.871,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35441,
    "c": 0.15461,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C7F

secondary

#80B344

accent

#E7419B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C7F

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

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