#491D6D#491D6D

#491D6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.133 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D6D
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 109)
HSL	hsl(273, 58%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 73.4%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.58, 36.52, -38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.58, 52.75, 313.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.01% 0.0773 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(34.01% 0.133 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9467, 3.3994, 14.8079)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D6D #416D1D

analogous

#211D6D #491D6D #6D1D69

triadic

#491D6D #6D491D #1D6D49

tetradic

#491D6D #6D211D #416D1D #1D696D

square

#491D6D #6D211D #416D1D #1D696D

split-complementary

#491D6D #696D1D #1D6D21

monochromatic

#100618 #29103D #491D6D #692A9D #893ACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#491D6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#491D6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D6D

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D6D	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01346B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.133 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d97',
    500: '#491d6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d6d;
$custom-light: #7f5d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 57.971,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3401,
    "c": 0.13287,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D6D

secondary

#6EA244

accent

#E1478C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D6D

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

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