#491D66#491D66

#491D66 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.125 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D66
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 102)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.04, 34.75, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.04, 48.88, 315.30°)
OKLab	oklab(33.45% 0.0782 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(33.45% 0.125 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.5848, 3.2546, 12.9018)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D66 #3A661D

analogous

#241D66 #491D66 #661D5E

triadic

#491D66 #66491D #1D6649

tetradic

#491D66 #66241D #3A661D #1D5E66

square

#491D66 #66241D #3A661D #1D5E66

split-complementary

#491D66 #5E661D #1D6624

monochromatic

#110718 #270F36 #491D66 #6B2B96 #8D38C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#491D66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#491D66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D66

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D66	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.125 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d92',
    500: '#491d66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d66;
$custom-light: #7f5d92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.164,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33452,
    "c": 0.1248,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D66

secondary

#669B44

accent

#DF4984

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D66

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

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