#491D7E#491D7E

#491D7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.152 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D7E
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 77%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.00, 40.98, -46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.00, 62.08, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.0737 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.152 299)
XYZ	xyz(6.9520, 3.8015, 20.1021)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.79

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D7E #527E1D

analogous

#1D227E #491D7E #791D7E

triadic

#491D7E #7E491D #1D7E49

tetradic

#491D7E #7E1D22 #527E1D #1D7E79

square

#491D7E #7E1D22 #527E1D #1D7E79

split-complementary

#491D7E #7E791D #227E1D

monochromatic

#0F061B #2C124C #491D7E #6628B0 #8442D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#491D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#491D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D7E

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D7E	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.152 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea4',
    500: '#491d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d7e;
$custom-light: #815ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.216,
    "s": 62.581,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35467,
    "c": 0.15233,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.03802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D7E

secondary

#80B145

accent

#E6429B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D7E

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

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