#491D6F#491D6F

#491D6F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.135 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D6F
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 111)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 73.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.74, 37.04, -39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.74, 53.86, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.17% 0.0769 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(34.17% 0.135 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0556, 3.4429, 15.3814)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D6F #436F1D

analogous

#201D6F #491D6F #6F1D6C

triadic

#491D6F #6F491D #1D6F49

tetradic

#491D6F #6F201D #436F1D #1D6C6F

square

#491D6F #6F201D #436F1D #1D6C6F

split-complementary

#491D6F #6C6F1D #1D6F20

monochromatic

#100618 #29103E #491D6F #692AA0 #893BCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#491D6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#491D6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D6F

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D6F	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.135 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d99',
    500: '#491d6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d6f;
$custom-light: #805d99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.195,
    "s": 58.571,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34174,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D6F

secondary

#70A344

accent

#E2468E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D6F

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

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