#491E68#491E68

#491E68 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.126 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E68
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 104)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 71.2%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.37, 34.73, -35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.37, 49.41, 314.66°)
OKLab	oklab(33.74% 0.0767 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(33.74% 0.126 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7101, 3.3446, 13.4388)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E68 #3D681E

analogous

#241E68 #491E68 #681E62

triadic

#491E68 #68491E #1E6849

tetradic

#491E68 #68241E #3D681E #1E6268

square

#491E68 #68241E #3D681E #1E6268

split-complementary

#491E68 #62681E #1E6824

monochromatic

#110718 #281039 #491E68 #6A2C98 #8C3AC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.58

#491E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#491E68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E68

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E68	1.00	12.58	1.67	12.58
#FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.126 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d94',
    500: '#491e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e68;
$custom-light: #7f5d94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.865,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33742,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E68

secondary

#6A9D45

accent

#DF4988

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E68

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

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