#491D6E#491D6E

#491D6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.134 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D6E
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 110)
HSL	hsl(273, 58%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 73.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.66, 36.78, -38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.66, 53.31, 313.63°)
OKLab	oklab(34.09% 0.0771 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(34.09% 0.134 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0009, 3.4210, 15.0930)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D6E #426E1D

analogous

#211D6E #491D6E #6E1D6A

triadic

#491D6E #6E491D #1D6E49

tetradic

#491D6E #6E211D #426E1D #1D6A6E

square

#491D6E #6E211D #426E1D #1D6A6E

split-complementary

#491D6E #6A6E1D #1D6E21

monochromatic

#100618 #29103E #491D6E #692A9E #893ACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#491D6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#491D6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D6E

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D6E	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.134 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d98',
    500: '#491d6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d6e;
$custom-light: #805d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.593,
    "s": 58.273,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34092,
    "c": 0.13401,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D6E

secondary

#6FA244

accent

#E1468D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D6E

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

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