#491E7C#491E7C

#491E7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.149 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E7C
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 124)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 75.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.00, 39.96, -45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.00, 60.46, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.41% 0.0732 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(35.41% 0.149 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8491, 3.8002, 19.4375)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E7C #517C1E

analogous

#1E227C #491E7C #781E7C

triadic

#491E7C #7C491E #1E7C49

tetradic

#491E7C #7C1E22 #517C1E #1E7C78

square

#491E7C #7C1E22 #517C1E #1E7C78

split-complementary

#491E7C #7C781E #227C1E

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2C124B #491E7C #662AAD #8443D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#491E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#491E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E7C

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E7C	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.149 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea3',
    500: '#491e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e7c;
$custom-light: #815ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.447,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35409,
    "c": 0.14885,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E7C

secondary

#7FAF46

accent

#E4449B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E7C

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

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