#491F77#491F77

#491F77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.142 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F77
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 119)
HSL	hsl(269, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 73.9%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.75, 38.13, -42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.75, 57.17, 311.84°)
OKLab	oklab(35.1% 0.0733 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(35.1% 0.142 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5666, 3.7283, 17.8229)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F77 #4D771F

analogous

#1F2177 #491F77 #751F77

triadic

#491F77 #77491F #1F7749

tetradic

#491F77 #771F21 #4D771F #1F7775

square

#491F77 #771F21 #4D771F #1F7775

split-complementary

#491F77 #77751F #21771F

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2B1246 #491F77 #672CA8 #8543CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#491F77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#491F77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F77

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F77	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.142 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805f9f',
    500: '#491f77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f77;
$custom-light: #805f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 58.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35102,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F77

secondary

#7BAB47

accent

#E24697

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F77

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

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