#491E6E#491E6E

#491E6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.133 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E6E
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 110)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.84, 36.27, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.84, 52.74, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.22% 0.0759 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(34.22% 0.133 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0258, 3.4708, 15.1013)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E6E #436E1E

analogous

#211E6E #491E6E #6E1E6B

triadic

#491E6E #6E491E #1E6E49

tetradic

#491E6E #6E211E #436E1E #1E6B6E

square

#491E6E #6E211E #436E1E #1E6B6E

split-complementary

#491E6E #6B6E1E #1E6E21

monochromatic

#100718 #29113E #491E6E #692B9E #893CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#491E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#491E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E6E

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E6E	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.133 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5e98',
    500: '#491e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e6e;
$custom-light: #7f5e98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.25,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34221,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E6E

secondary

#70A246

accent

#E0478E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E6E

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

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