#491E7E#491E7E

#491E7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.151 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E7E
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 76.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 40.50, -46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 61.56, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(35.59% 0.0728 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(35.59% 0.151 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9769, 3.8513, 20.1104)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.99

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E7E #537E1E

analogous

#1E237E #491E7E #791E7E

triadic

#491E7E #7E491E #1E7E49

tetradic

#491E7E #7E1E23 #537E1E #1E7E79

square

#491E7E #7E1E23 #537E1E #1E7E79

split-complementary

#491E7E #7E791E #237E1E

monochromatic

#10061B #2C124D #491E7E #662AAF #8444D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#491E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#491E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E7E

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E7E	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.151 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea4',
    500: '#491e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e7e;
$custom-light: #815ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.875,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35586,
    "c": 0.15115,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E7E

secondary

#81B147

accent

#E5439C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E7E

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

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