#491E6D#491E6D

#491E6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.131 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E6D
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 109)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 72.5%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.76, 36.01, -37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.76, 52.19, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.14% 0.0761 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(34.14% 0.131 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9716, 3.4492, 14.8162)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E6D #426D1E

analogous

#211E6D #491E6D #6D1E6A

triadic

#491E6D #6D491E #1E6D49

tetradic

#491E6D #6D211E #426D1E #1E6A6D

square

#491E6D #6D211E #426D1E #1E6A6D

split-complementary

#491E6D #6A6D1E #1E6D21

monochromatic

#100718 #29113D #491E6D #692B9D #893CC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#491E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#491E6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E6D

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E6D	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03346B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.131 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5e97',
    500: '#491e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e6d;
$custom-light: #7f5e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.658,
    "s": 56.835,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3414,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E6D

secondary

#6FA145

accent

#E0488D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E6D

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

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