#491E69#491E69

#491E69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.127 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E69
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 105)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 71.4%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.45, 34.99, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.45, 49.96, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(33.82% 0.0766 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(33.82% 0.127 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7612, 3.3650, 13.7079)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E69 #3E691E

analogous

#241E69 #491E69 #691E64

triadic

#491E69 #69491E #1E6949

tetradic

#491E69 #69241E #3E691E #1E6469

square

#491E69 #69241E #3E691E #1E6469

split-complementary

#491E69 #64691E #1E6924

monochromatic

#110718 #281039 #491E69 #6A2C99 #8B3BC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#491E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#491E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E69

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E69	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.127 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d94',
    500: '#491e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e69;
$custom-light: #7f5d94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.4,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33821,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E69

secondary

#6B9E45

accent

#DF4989

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E69

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

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