#491D78#491D78

#491D78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.145 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D78
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 120)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 75.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.48, 39.39, -43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.48, 58.81, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0752 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.145 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5764, 3.6512, 18.1239)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D78 #4C781D

analogous

#1D1F78 #491D78 #771D78

triadic

#491D78 #78491D #1D7849

tetradic

#491D78 #781D1F #4C781D #1D7877

square

#491D78 #781D1F #4C781D #1D7877

split-complementary

#491D78 #78771D #1F781D

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2B1147 #491D78 #6729A9 #853FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#491D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#491D78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D78

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D78	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.145 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da0',
    500: '#491d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d78;
$custom-light: #815da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.011,
    "s": 61.074,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34937,
    "c": 0.14548,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D78

secondary

#7AAC45

accent

#E44497

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D78

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

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