#491E71#491E71

#491E71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.136 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E71
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 113)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 73.5%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.08, 37.05, -39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.08, 54.40, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(34.47% 0.0755 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(34.47% 0.136 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1919, 3.5373, 15.9761)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E71 #46711E

analogous

#1F1E71 #491E71 #711E6F

triadic

#491E71 #71491E #1E7149

tetradic

#491E71 #711F1E #46711E #1E6F71

square

#491E71 #711F1E #46711E #1E6F71

split-complementary

#491E71 #6F711E #1E711F

monochromatic

#100618 #2A1141 #491E71 #682BA1 #873ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#491E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#491E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E71

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E71	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.136 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9a',
    500: '#491e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e71;
$custom-light: #805e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.084,
    "s": 58.042,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34468,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E71

secondary

#74A546

accent

#E14791

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E71

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

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