#491D71#491D71

#491D71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.137 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D71
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 113)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 74.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.90, 37.56, -40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.90, 54.96, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(34.34% 0.0766 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(34.34% 0.137 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1670, 3.4875, 15.9678)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D71 #45711D

analogous

#1F1D71 #491D71 #711D6F

triadic

#491D71 #71491D #1D7149

tetradic

#491D71 #711F1D #45711D #1D6F71

square

#491D71 #711F1D #45711D #1D6F71

split-complementary

#491D71 #6F711D #1D711F

monochromatic

#100618 #2A1140 #491D71 #6829A2 #883CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#491D71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#491D71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D71

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D71	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.137 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9a',
    500: '#491d71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d71;
$custom-light: #805d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3434,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D71

secondary

#73A544

accent

#E24590

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D71

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

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