#491D69#491D69

#491D69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.128 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D69
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 105)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.26, 35.50, -35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.26, 50.54, 314.63°)
OKLab	oklab(33.69% 0.0778 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(33.69% 0.128 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7363, 3.3152, 13.6996)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D69 #3D691D

analogous

#231D69 #491D69 #691D63

triadic

#491D69 #69491D #1D6949

tetradic

#491D69 #69231D #3D691D #1D6369

square

#491D69 #69231D #3D691D #1D6369

split-complementary

#491D69 #63691D #1D6923

monochromatic

#110718 #281039 #491D69 #6A2A99 #8C38C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#491D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#491D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D69

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D69	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.128 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d94',
    500: '#491d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d69;
$custom-light: #7f5d94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33688,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D69

secondary

#6A9E44

accent

#E04888

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D69

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

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