#491D77#491D77

#491D77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.144 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D77
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 119)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 75.6%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.40, 39.13, -43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.40, 58.26, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(34.85% 0.0754 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(34.85% 0.144 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5160, 3.6271, 17.8060)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D77 #4B771D

analogous

#1D1E77 #491D77 #761D77

triadic

#491D77 #77491D #1D7749

tetradic

#491D77 #771D1E #4B771D #1D7776

square

#491D77 #771D1E #4B771D #1D7776

split-complementary

#491D77 #77761D #1E771D

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2B1146 #491D77 #6729A8 #863ED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#491D77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#491D77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D77

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D77	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.144 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805d9f',
    500: '#491d77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d77;
$custom-light: #805d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.333,
    "s": 60.811,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34851,
    "c": 0.14434,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D77

secondary

#79AB45

accent

#E44496

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D77

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

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