#491E66#491E66

#491E66 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.123 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E66
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 102)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 70.6%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, 34.22, -34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 48.30, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(33.59% 0.0769 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(33.59% 0.123 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6097, 3.3044, 12.9101)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E66 #3B661E

analogous

#251E66 #491E66 #661E5F

triadic

#491E66 #66491E #1E6649

tetradic

#491E66 #66251E #3B661E #1E5F66

square

#491E66 #66251E #3B661E #1E5F66

split-complementary

#491E66 #5F661E #1E6625

monochromatic

#110718 #271037 #491E66 #6B2C95 #8D3AC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#491E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#491E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E66

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E66	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.123 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d92',
    500: '#491e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e66;
$custom-light: #7f5d92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.833,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33586,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E66

secondary

#689B45

accent

#DE4A86

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E66

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

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