#491E79#491E79

#491E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.145 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E79
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 121)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 75.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.74, 39.17, -43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.74, 58.82, 311.75°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.0739 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.145 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6623, 3.7254, 18.4535)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E79 #4E791E

analogous

#1E2079 #491E79 #771E79

triadic

#491E79 #79491E #1E7949

tetradic

#491E79 #791E20 #4E791E #1E7977

square

#491E79 #791E20 #4E791E #1E7977

split-complementary

#491E79 #79771E #20791E

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2B1248 #491E79 #672AAA #8541D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#491E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#491E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E79

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E79	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.145 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea0',
    500: '#491e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e79;
$custom-light: #815ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.352,
    "s": 60.265,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35147,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E79

secondary

#7CAD46

accent

#E34498

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E79

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

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