#491E6A#491E6A

#491E6A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.128 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E6A
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 106)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 71.7%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.53, 35.24, -36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.53, 50.52, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(33.9% 0.0765 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(33.9% 0.128 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8129, 3.3857, 13.9801)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E6A #3F6A1E

analogous

#231E6A #491E6A #6A1E65

triadic

#491E6A #6A491E #1E6A49

tetradic

#491E6A #6A231E #3F6A1E #1E656A

square

#491E6A #6A231E #3F6A1E #1E656A

split-complementary

#491E6A #656A1E #1E6A23

monochromatic

#100718 #28113A #491E6A #6A2C9A #8A3BC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#491E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#491E6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E6A

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E6A	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.128 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d95',
    500: '#491e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e6a;
$custom-light: #7f5d95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.947,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.339,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E6A

secondary

#6C9E45

accent

#DF498A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E6A

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

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