#491E7D#491E7D

#491E7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.150 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E7D
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 125)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 76%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 40.23, -45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 61.01, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.073 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.15 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9127, 3.8256, 19.7723)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.04

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E7D #527D1E

analogous

#1E227D #491E7D #781E7D

triadic

#491E7D #7D491E #1E7D49

tetradic

#491E7D #7D1E22 #527D1E #1E7D78

square

#491E7D #7D1E22 #527D1E #1E7D78

split-complementary

#491E7D #7D781E #227D1E

monochromatic

#0F061A #2C124C #491E7D #662AAE #8443D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#491E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#491E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E7D

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E7D	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.150 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea3',
    500: '#491e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e7d;
$custom-light: #815ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.158,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35498,
    "c": 0.15,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E7D

secondary

#80B046

accent

#E4439C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E7D

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

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