#491F79#491F79

#491F79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.144 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F79
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 121)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 74.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 38.66, -43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 58.27, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% 0.0729 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.144 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6880, 3.7769, 18.4621)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.52

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F79 #4F791F

analogous

#1F2279 #491F79 #761F79

triadic

#491F79 #79491F #1F7949

tetradic

#491F79 #791F22 #4F791F #1F7976

square

#491F79 #791F22 #4F791F #1F7976

split-complementary

#491F79 #79761F #22791F

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2C1348 #491F79 #662BAA #8543CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#491F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#491F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F79

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F79	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.144 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815fa0',
    500: '#491f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f79;
$custom-light: #815fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 59.211,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35273,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F79

secondary

#7DAC47

accent

#E24599

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F79

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

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