#491F6A#491F6A

#491F6A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.127 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F6A
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 106)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 70.8%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.72, 34.72, -35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.72, 49.93, 314.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.03% 0.0753 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(34.03% 0.127 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8386, 3.4371, 13.9887)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F6A #406A1F

analogous

#241F6A #491F6A #6A1F66

triadic

#491F6A #6A491F #1F6A49

tetradic

#491F6A #6A241F #406A1F #1F666A

square

#491F6A #6A241F #406A1F #1F666A

split-complementary

#491F6A #666A1F #1F6A24

monochromatic

#100718 #28113B #491F6A #6A2D99 #8A3DC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#491F6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#491F6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F6A

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F6A	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.127 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5e95',
    500: '#491f6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f6a;
$custom-light: #7f5e95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 54.745,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34035,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F6A

secondary

#6D9E47

accent

#DE4A8B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F6A

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

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