#491D6B#491D6B

#491D6B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.131 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D6B
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 107)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 72.9%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.42, 36.01, -37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.42, 51.65, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(33.85% 0.0775 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(33.85% 0.131 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8403, 3.3568, 14.2473)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D6B #3F6B1D

analogous

#221D6B #491D6B #6B1D66

triadic

#491D6B #6B491D #1D6B49

tetradic

#491D6B #6B221D #3F6B1D #1D666B

square

#491D6B #6B221D #3F6B1D #1D666B

split-complementary

#491D6B #666B1D #1D6B22

monochromatic

#100718 #28103B #491D6B #6A2A9B #8A39C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#491D6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#491D6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D6B

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D6B	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.131 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d96',
    500: '#491d6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d6b;
$custom-light: #7f5d96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 57.353,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33848,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D6B

secondary

#6CA044

accent

#E1478A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D6B

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

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