#491D65#491D65

#491D65 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.124 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D65
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 101)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 71.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.96, 34.49, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.96, 48.33, 315.55°)
OKLab	oklab(33.37% 0.0783 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(33.37% 0.124 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5355, 3.2349, 12.6422)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D65 #39651D

analogous

#251D65 #491D65 #651D5D

triadic

#491D65 #65491D #1D6549

tetradic

#491D65 #65251D #39651D #1D5D65

square

#491D65 #65251D #39651D #1D5D65

split-complementary

#491D65 #5D651D #1D6525

monochromatic

#110718 #270F35 #491D65 #6B2B95 #8E38C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#491D65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#491D65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D65

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D65	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.124 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d91',
    500: '#491d65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d65;
$custom-light: #7f5d91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 55.385,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33374,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D65

secondary

#659A44

accent

#DF4983

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D65

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

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