#491F71#491F71

#491F71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.135 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F71
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 113)
HSL	hsl(271, 57%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 72.6%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 36.54, -39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 53.84, 312.74°)
OKLab	oklab(34.6% 0.0743 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(34.6% 0.135 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2176, 3.5887, 15.9847)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F71 #47711F

analogous

#201F71 #491F71 #711F70

triadic

#491F71 #71491F #1F7149

tetradic

#491F71 #71201F #47711F #1F7071

square

#491F71 #71201F #47711F #1F7071

split-complementary

#491F71 #70711F #1F7120

monochromatic

#100718 #2A1241 #491F71 #682CA1 #8740CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#491F71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#491F71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F71

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F71	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.135 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9a',
    500: '#491f71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f71;
$custom-light: #805e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 56.944,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34599,
    "c": 0.13478,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F71

secondary

#75A547

accent

#E04892

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F71

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

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