#491E6F#491E6F

#491E6F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.134 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E6F
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 111)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 73%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.92, 36.53, -38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.92, 53.30, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(34.3% 0.0758 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(34.3% 0.134 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0805, 3.4927, 15.3897)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E6F #446F1E

analogous

#211E6F #491E6F #6F1E6C

triadic

#491E6F #6F491E #1E6F49

tetradic

#491E6F #6F211E #446F1E #1E6C6F

square

#491E6F #6F211E #446F1E #1E6C6F

split-complementary

#491E6F #6C6F1E #1E6F21

monochromatic

#100718 #29113F #491E6F #692B9F #883DCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#491E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#491E6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E6F

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E6F	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.134 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e99',
    500: '#491e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e6f;
$custom-light: #805e99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.852,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34303,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E6F

secondary

#72A346

accent

#E1478F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E6F

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

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