#491D64#491D64

#491D64 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.122 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D64
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 100)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 71%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.89, 34.25, -33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.89, 47.77, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(33.3% 0.0784 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(33.3% 0.123 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4868, 3.2154, 12.3857)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D64 #38641D

analogous

#251D64 #491D64 #641D5B

triadic

#491D64 #64491D #1D6449

tetradic

#491D64 #64251D #38641D #1D5B64

square

#491D64 #64251D #38641D #1D5B64

split-complementary

#491D64 #5B641D #1D6425

monochromatic

#110718 #260F35 #491D64 #6C2B93 #8E39C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#491D64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#491D64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D64

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D64	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003066

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.122 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d91',
    500: '#491d64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d64;
$custom-light: #7f5d91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.183,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33297,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D64

secondary

#649944

accent

#DE4982

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D64

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

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