#491D7F#491D7F

#491D7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.153 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D7F
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 127)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 77.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 41.25, -47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 62.63, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0735 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.153 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0168, 3.8274, 20.4436)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D7F #537F1D

analogous

#1D227F #491D7F #7A1D7F

triadic

#491D7F #7F491D #1D7F49

tetradic

#491D7F #7F1D22 #537F1D #1D7F7A

square

#491D7F #7F1D22 #537F1D #1D7F7A

split-complementary

#491D7F #7F7A1D #227F1D

monochromatic

#10061B #2C124D #491D7F #6628B1 #8442D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#491D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#491D7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D7F

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D7F	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.153 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea5',
    500: '#491d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d7f;
$custom-light: #815ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.939,
    "s": 62.821,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35557,
    "c": 0.15347,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D7F

secondary

#81B245

accent

#E6429C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D7F

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

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