#491D75#491D75

#491D75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.142 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D75
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 117)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.23, 38.60, -42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.23, 57.16, 312.48°)
OKLab	oklab(34.68% 0.0758 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(34.68% 0.142 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3971, 3.5795, 17.1801)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D75 #49751D

analogous

#1D1D75 #491D75 #751D75

triadic

#491D75 #75491D #1D7549

tetradic

#491D75 #751D1D #49751D #1D7575

square

#491D75 #751D1D #49751D #1D7575

split-complementary

#491D75 #75751D #1D751D

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2A1144 #491D75 #6829A6 #863DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#491D75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#491D75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D75

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D75	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.142 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9d',
    500: '#491d75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d75;
$custom-light: #805d9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34679,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D75

secondary

#77A945

accent

#E34494

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D75

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

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