#491E7B#491E7B

#491E7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.148 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E7B
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 123)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 75.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.91, 39.70, -44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.91, 59.92, 311.50°)
OKLab	oklab(35.32% 0.0735 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(35.32% 0.148 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7862, 3.7750, 19.1062)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E7B #507B1E

analogous

#1E227B #491E7B #771E7B

triadic

#491E7B #7B491E #1E7B49

tetradic

#491E7B #7B1E22 #507B1E #1E7B77

square

#491E7B #7B1E22 #507B1E #1E7B77

split-complementary

#491E7B #7B771E #227B1E

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2C124A #491E7B #662AAC #8442D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.97

#491E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#491E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E7B

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E7B	1.00	11.97	1.76	11.97
#FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.148 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea2',
    500: '#491e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e7b;
$custom-light: #815ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.742,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35322,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E7B

secondary

#7EAE46

accent

#E4449A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E7B

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

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