#491F76#491F76

#491F76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.141 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F76
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 118)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 73.7%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.67, 37.86, -42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.67, 56.61, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.0734 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.141 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5069, 3.7044, 17.5082)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F76 #4C761F

analogous

#1F2076 #491F76 #751F76

triadic

#491F76 #76491F #1F7649

tetradic

#491F76 #761F20 #4C761F #1F7675

square

#491F76 #761F20 #4C761F #1F7675

split-complementary

#491F76 #76751F #20761F

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2B1246 #491F76 #672CA6 #8542CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#491F76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#491F76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F76

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F76	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.141 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805e9e',
    500: '#491f76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f76;
$custom-light: #805e9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 58.389,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35017,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F76

secondary

#7AAA47

accent

#E24697

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F76

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

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