#491D72#491D72

#491D72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.139 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D72
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 114)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 74.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.98, 37.82, -40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.98, 55.51, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(34.42% 0.0764 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(34.42% 0.139 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2236, 3.5101, 16.2660)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D72 #46721D

analogous

#1E1D72 #491D72 #721D70

triadic

#491D72 #72491D #1D7249

tetradic

#491D72 #721E1D #46721D #1D7072

square

#491D72 #721E1D #46721D #1D7072

split-complementary

#491D72 #70721D #1D721E

monochromatic

#100618 #2A1141 #491D72 #6829A3 #873CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#491D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#491D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D72

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D72	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.139 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9b',
    500: '#491d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d72;
$custom-light: #805d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.059,
    "s": 59.441,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34424,
    "c": 0.13861,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D72

secondary

#74A645

accent

#E34591

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D72

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

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