#491D68#491D68

#491D68 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.127 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D68
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 104)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 72.1%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.19, 35.25, -35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.19, 49.99, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(33.61% 0.078 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(33.61% 0.127 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6852, 3.2948, 13.4305)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D68 #3C681D

analogous

#231D68 #491D68 #681D61

triadic

#491D68 #68491D #1D6849

tetradic

#491D68 #68231D #3C681D #1D6168

square

#491D68 #68231D #3C681D #1D6168

split-complementary

#491D68 #61681D #1D6823

monochromatic

#110718 #271038 #491D68 #6B2A98 #8C38C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#491D68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#491D68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D68

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D68	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.127 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d94',
    500: '#491d68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d68;
$custom-light: #7f5d94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.2,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33608,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D68

secondary

#699D44

accent

#E04887

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D68

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

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