#491F6E#491F6E

#491F6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.131 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F6E
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 110)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.02, 35.75, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.02, 52.17, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(34.35% 0.0748 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(34.35% 0.131 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0515, 3.5223, 15.1099)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F6E #446E1F

analogous

#221F6E #491F6E #6E1F6B

triadic

#491F6E #6E491F #1F6E49

tetradic

#491F6E #6E221F #446E1F #1F6B6E

square

#491F6E #6E221F #446E1F #1F6B6E

split-complementary

#491F6E #6B6E1F #1F6E22

monochromatic

#100718 #29123E #491F6E #692C9E #883FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#491F6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#491F6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F6E

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F6E	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#02356C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.131 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5e98',
    500: '#491f6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f6e;
$custom-light: #7f5e98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.899,
    "s": 56.028,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34354,
    "c": 0.13125,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F6E

secondary

#72A247

accent

#DF488F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F6E

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

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