#491D76#491D76

#491D76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.143 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D76
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 118)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 75.4%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.31, 38.86, -42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.31, 57.71, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.0756 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.143 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4562, 3.6032, 17.4914)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D76 #4A761D

analogous

#1D1E76 #491D76 #761D76

triadic

#491D76 #76491D #1D7649

tetradic

#491D76 #761D1E #4A761D #1D7676

square

#491D76 #761D1E #4A761D #1D7676

split-complementary

#491D76 #76761D #1E761D

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2B1145 #491D76 #6729A7 #863ED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#491D76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#491D76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D76

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D76	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.143 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9e',
    500: '#491d76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d76;
$custom-light: #805d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.663,
    "s": 60.544,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34764,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D76

secondary

#78AA45

accent

#E44495

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D76

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

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