#491D74#491D74

#491D74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.141 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D74
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 116)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 75%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.15, 38.34, -41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.15, 56.61, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.076 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.141 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3387, 3.5561, 16.8721)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D74 #48741D

analogous

#1D1D74 #491D74 #741D73

triadic

#491D74 #74491D #1D7449

tetradic

#491D74 #741D1D #48741D #1D7374

square

#491D74 #741D1D #48741D #1D7374

split-complementary

#491D74 #73741D #1D741D

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2A1143 #491D74 #6829A5 #873DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#491D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#491D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D74

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D74	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.141 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9d',
    500: '#491d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d74;
$custom-light: #805d9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.345,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34593,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D74

secondary

#76A845

accent

#E34593

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D74

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

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