#491F75#491F75

#491F75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.139 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F75
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 117)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 73.5%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.59, 37.60, -41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.59, 56.06, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(34.93% 0.0736 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(34.93% 0.139 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4478, 3.6808, 17.1969)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F75 #4B751F

analogous

#1F2075 #491F75 #741F75

triadic

#491F75 #75491F #1F7549

tetradic

#491F75 #751F20 #4B751F #1F7574

square

#491F75 #751F20 #4B751F #1F7574

split-complementary

#491F75 #75741F #20751F

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2B1245 #491F75 #672CA5 #8642CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#491F75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#491F75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F75

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F75	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.139 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9d',
    500: '#491f75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f75;
$custom-light: #805e9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.302,
    "s": 58.108,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34932,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F75

secondary

#79A947

accent

#E14696

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F75

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

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