#491D6C#491D6C

#491D6C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.132 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D6C
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 108)
HSL	hsl(273, 58%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 73.1%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.50, 36.27, -37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.50, 52.20, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(33.93% 0.0774 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(33.93% 0.132 306)
XYZ	xyz(5.8932, 3.3780, 14.5260)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D6C #406C1D

analogous

#221D6C #491D6C #6C1D68

triadic

#491D6C #6C491D #1D6C49

tetradic

#491D6C #6C221D #406C1D #1D686C

square

#491D6C #6C221D #406C1D #1D686C

split-complementary

#491D6C #686C1D #1D6C22

monochromatic

#100618 #28103C #491D6C #6A2A9C #8A39CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#491D6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#491D6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D6C

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D6C	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03346A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.132 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d97',
    500: '#491d6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d6c;
$custom-light: #7f5d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.418,
    "s": 57.664,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33929,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.03378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D6C

secondary

#6DA144

accent

#E1478B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D6C

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

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