#491E7F#491E7F

#491E7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.152 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E7F
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 127)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 76.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 40.77, -46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 62.10, 311.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.68% 0.0725 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(35.68% 0.152 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0417, 3.8772, 20.4519)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E7F #547F1E

analogous

#1E237F #491E7F #791E7F

triadic

#491E7F #7F491E #1E7F49

tetradic

#491E7F #7F1E23 #547F1E #1E7F79

square

#491E7F #7F1E23 #547F1E #1E7F79

split-complementary

#491E7F #7F791E #237F1E

monochromatic

#10071C #2D124D #491E7F #652AB1 #8444D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#491E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#491E7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E7F

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E7F	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.152 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea5',
    500: '#491e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e7f;
$custom-light: #815ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.598,
    "s": 61.783,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35676,
    "c": 0.1523,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E7F

secondary

#83B247

accent

#E5439D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E7F

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

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