#491F6B#491F6B

#491F6B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.128 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F6B
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 107)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 71%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.79, 34.98, -36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.79, 50.49, 313.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.11% 0.0752 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(34.11% 0.128 306)
XYZ	xyz(5.8909, 3.4580, 14.2642)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F6B #416B1F

analogous

#231F6B #491F6B #6B1F67

triadic

#491F6B #6B491F #1F6B49

tetradic

#491F6B #6B231F #416B1F #1F676B

square

#491F6B #6B231F #416B1F #1F676B

split-complementary

#491F6B #676B1F #1F6B23

monochromatic

#100718 #29113C #491F6B #692D9A #893DC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#491F6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#491F6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F6B

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F6B	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.128 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5e96',
    500: '#491f6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f6b;
$custom-light: #7f5e96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.158,
    "s": 55.072,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34114,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.03458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F6B

secondary

#6E9F47

accent

#DE498C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F6B

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

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