#491D7C#491D7C

#491D7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.150 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D7C
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 124)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 76.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.83, 40.45, -45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.83, 60.99, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(35.29% 0.0742 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(35.29% 0.15 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8242, 3.7504, 19.4292)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.90

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D7C #507C1D

analogous

#1D217C #491D7C #781D7C

triadic

#491D7C #7C491D #1D7C49

tetradic

#491D7C #7C1D21 #507C1D #1D7C78

square

#491D7C #7C1D21 #507C1D #1D7C78

split-complementary

#491D7C #7C781D #217C1D

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2C114A #491D7C #6629AE #8441D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#491D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#491D7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D7C

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D7C	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.150 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea3',
    500: '#491d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d7c;
$custom-light: #815ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.789,
    "s": 62.092,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35289,
    "c": 0.15006,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D7C

secondary

#7EB045

accent

#E5439A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D7C

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

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