#491F65#491F65

#491F65 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.121 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F65
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 101)
HSL	hsl(276, 53%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 69%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 69.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.34, 33.44, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.34, 47.14, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(33.65% 0.0758 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(33.65% 0.121 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5861, 3.3361, 12.6591)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F65 #3B651F

analogous

#261F65 #491F65 #651F5E

triadic

#491F65 #65491F #1F6549

tetradic

#491F65 #65261F #3B651F #1F5E65

square

#491F65 #65261F #3B651F #1F5E65

split-complementary

#491F65 #5E651F #1F6526

monochromatic

#110717 #271136 #491F65 #6B2D94 #8D3CC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#491F65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#491F65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F65

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F65	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.121 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5e91',
    500: '#491f65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f65;
$custom-light: #7f5e91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 53.03,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33648,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F65

secondary

#689946

accent

#DC4B85

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F65

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

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