#491E7A#491E7A

#491E7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.147 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E7A
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 122)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 75.4%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.83, 39.43, -44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.83, 59.37, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.0737 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.147 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7239, 3.7501, 18.7782)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.23

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E7A #4F7A1E

analogous

#1E217A #491E7A #771E7A

triadic

#491E7A #7A491E #1E7A49

tetradic

#491E7A #7A1E21 #4F7A1E #1E7A77

square

#491E7A #7A1E21 #4F7A1E #1E7A77

split-complementary

#491E7A #7A771E #217A1E

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2C1249 #491E7A #662AAB #8542D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#491E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#491E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E7A

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E7A	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.147 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea1',
    500: '#491e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e7a;
$custom-light: #815ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.043,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35234,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E7A

secondary

#7DAE46

accent

#E44499

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E7A

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

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