#491E6B#491E6B

#491E6B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.129 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E6B
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 107)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 72%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.60, 35.50, -36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.60, 51.07, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(33.98% 0.0764 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(33.98% 0.129 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8652, 3.4066, 14.2556)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E6B #406B1E

analogous

#221E6B #491E6B #6B1E67

triadic

#491E6B #6B491E #1E6B49

tetradic

#491E6B #6B221E #406B1E #1E676B

square

#491E6B #6B221E #406B1E #1E676B

split-complementary

#491E6B #676B1E #1E6B22

monochromatic

#100718 #28113B #491E6B #6A2B9B #8A3BC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#491E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#491E6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E6B

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E6B	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.129 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5d96',
    500: '#491e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e6b;
$custom-light: #7f5d96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.506,
    "s": 56.204,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33979,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E6B

secondary

#6D9F45

accent

#DF488B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E6B

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

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