#491D7A#491D7A

#491D7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.148 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D7A
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 122)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 76.2%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.65, 39.92, -44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.65, 59.90, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.11% 0.0747 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(35.11% 0.148 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6990, 3.7003, 18.7699)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.04

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D7A #4E7A1D

analogous

#1D207A #491D7A #781D7A

triadic

#491D7A #7A491D #1D7A49

tetradic

#491D7A #7A1D20 #4E7A1D #1D7A78

square

#491D7A #7A1D20 #4E7A1D #1D7A78

split-complementary

#491D7A #7A781D #207A1D

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2B1149 #491D7A #6729AB #8540D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#491D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#491D7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D7A

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D7A	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.148 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea1',
    500: '#491d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d7a;
$custom-light: #815ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.387,
    "s": 61.589,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35112,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D7A

secondary

#7CAE45

accent

#E54398

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D7A

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

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