#491E75#491E75

#491E75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.141 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E75
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 117)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 74%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 74.4%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 38.11, -41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 56.62, 312.30°)
OKLab	oklab(34.8% 0.0747 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(34.8% 0.141 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4220, 3.6293, 17.1884)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E75 #4A751E

analogous

#1E1F75 #491E75 #751E75

triadic

#491E75 #75491E #1E7549

tetradic

#491E75 #751E1F #4A751E #1E7575

square

#491E75 #751E1F #4A751E #1E7575

split-complementary

#491E75 #75751E #1F751E

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2B1244 #491E75 #672AA6 #8640CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#491E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#491E75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E75

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E75	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.141 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9d',
    500: '#491e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e75;
$custom-light: #805e9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.655,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34804,
    "c": 0.14078,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E75

secondary

#78A946

accent

#E24595

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E75

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

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