#491F66#491F66

#491F66 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.122 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F66
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 102)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 69.6%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.42, 33.69, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.42, 47.70, 314.94°)
OKLab	oklab(33.73% 0.0757 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(33.73% 0.122 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6354, 3.3558, 12.9187)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F66 #3C661F

analogous

#251F66 #491F66 #661F5F

triadic

#491F66 #66491F #1F6649

tetradic

#491F66 #66251F #3C661F #1F5F66

square

#491F66 #66251F #3C661F #1F5F66

split-complementary

#491F66 #5F661F #1F6625

monochromatic

#110717 #271137 #491F66 #6B2D95 #8C3CC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#491F66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#491F66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F66

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F66	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.122 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5e92',
    500: '#491f66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f66;
$custom-light: #7f5e92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.493,
    "s": 53.383,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33725,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F66

secondary

#699A46

accent

#DD4B87

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F1

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F66

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

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