#491D7D#491D7D

#491D7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.151 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D7D
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 76.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 40.72, -46.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 61.54, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.38% 0.074 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(35.38% 0.151 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8878, 3.7758, 19.7640)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D7D #517D1D

analogous

#1D217D #491D7D #791D7D

triadic

#491D7D #7D491D #1D7D49

tetradic

#491D7D #7D1D21 #517D1D #1D7D79

square

#491D7D #7D1D21 #517D1D #1D7D79

split-complementary

#491D7D #7D791D #217D1D

monochromatic

#0F061A #2C114B #491D7D #6629AF #8441D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#491D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#491D7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D7D

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D7D	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.151 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea3',
    500: '#491d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d7d;
$custom-light: #815ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 62.338,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35378,
    "c": 0.15119,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D7D

secondary

#7FB145

accent

#E5429B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D7D

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

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