#491D79#491D79

#491D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.147 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D79
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 121)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 76%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.57, 39.66, -44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.57, 59.36, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0749 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.147 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6374, 3.6756, 18.4452)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D79 #4D791D

analogous

#1D1F79 #491D79 #771D79

triadic

#491D79 #79491D #1D7949

tetradic

#491D79 #791D1F #4D791D #1D7977

square

#491D79 #791D1F #4D791D #1D7977

split-complementary

#491D79 #79771D #1F791D

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2B1148 #491D79 #6729AA #853FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#491D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#491D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D79

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D79	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.147 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea0',
    500: '#491d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d79;
$custom-light: #815ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 61.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35025,
    "c": 0.14663,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D79

secondary

#7BAD45

accent

#E44397

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D79

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

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