#491E60#491E60

#491E60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.116 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E60
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 96)
HSL	hsl(279, 52%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 68.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.79, 32.73, -30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.79, 44.96, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(33.13% 0.0774 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(33.13% 0.116 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.3229, 3.1897, 11.3993)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E60 #35601E

analogous

#281E60 #491E60 #601E56

triadic

#491E60 #60491E #1E6049

tetradic

#491E60 #60281E #35601E #1E5660

square

#491E60 #60281E #35601E #1E5660

split-complementary

#491E60 #56601E #1E6028

monochromatic

#120717 #260F31 #491E60 #6C2D8F #903BBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#491E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#491E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E60

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E60	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18335E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.116 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5d8d',
    500: '#491e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e60;
$custom-light: #7e5d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.091,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33134,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E60

secondary

#619545

accent

#DC4C7E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E60

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

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