#491F74#491F74

#491F74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.138 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F74
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 116)
HSL	hsl(270, 58%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 73.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.50, 37.33, -41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.50, 55.50, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(34.85% 0.0738 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(34.85% 0.138 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3893, 3.6574, 16.8889)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F74 #4A741F

analogous

#1F2074 #491F74 #741F74

triadic

#491F74 #74491F #1F7449

tetradic

#491F74 #741F20 #4A741F #1F7474

square

#491F74 #741F20 #4A741F #1F7474

split-complementary

#491F74 #74741F #20741F

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2B1244 #491F74 #672CA4 #8641CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#491F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#491F74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F74

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F74	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.138 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9d',
    500: '#491f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f74;
$custom-light: #805e9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.647,
    "s": 57.823,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34848,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F74

secondary

#78A847

accent

#E14795

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F74

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

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