#491E65#491E65

#491E65 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.122 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E65
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 101)
HSL	hsl(276, 54%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 70.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.15, 33.97, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.15, 47.74, 315.37°)
OKLab	oklab(33.51% 0.077 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(33.51% 0.122 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5604, 3.2847, 12.6505)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E65 #3A651E

analogous

#251E65 #491E65 #651E5D

triadic

#491E65 #65491E #1E6549

tetradic

#491E65 #65251E #3A651E #1E5D65

square

#491E65 #65251E #3A651E #1E5D65

split-complementary

#491E65 #5D651E #1E6525

monochromatic

#110718 #271036 #491E65 #6B2C94 #8D3AC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#491E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#491E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E65

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E65	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452D3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.122 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d91',
    500: '#491e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e65;
$custom-light: #7f5d91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.338,
    "s": 54.198,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3351,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E65

secondary

#669A45

accent

#DE4A84

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E65

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

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