#491F62#491F62

#491F62 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.117 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F62
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 98)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 68.4%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.13, 32.68, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.13, 45.47, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(33.42% 0.076 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(33.42% 0.117 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4418, 3.2784, 11.8990)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F62 #38621F

analogous

#271F62 #491F62 #621F59

triadic

#491F62 #62491F #1F6249

tetradic

#491F62 #62271F #38621F #1F5962

square

#491F62 #62271F #38621F #1F5962

split-complementary

#491F62 #59621F #1F6227

monochromatic

#110717 #261034 #491F62 #6C2E90 #8E3CBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#491F62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#491F62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F62

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F62	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.117 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5e8f',
    500: '#491f62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f62;
$custom-light: #7e5e8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.612,
    "s": 51.938,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33423,
    "c": 0.11713,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F62

secondary

#649746

accent

#DB4C82

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F62

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

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