#491F7A#491F7A

#491F7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.145 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F7A
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 122)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 74.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.00, 38.93, -44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.00, 58.82, 311.44°)
OKLab	oklab(35.36% 0.0727 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(35.36% 0.145 300)
XYZ	xyz(6.7496, 3.8015, 18.7867)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.44

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F7A #507A1F

analogous

#1F237A #491F7A #761F7A

triadic

#491F7A #7A491F #1F7A49

tetradic

#491F7A #7A1F23 #507A1F #1F7A76

square

#491F7A #7A1F23 #507A1F #1F7A76

split-complementary

#491F7A #7A761F #237A1F

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2C1349 #491F7A #662BAB #8444CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#491F7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#491F7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F7A

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F7A	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.145 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815fa1',
    500: '#491f7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f7a;
$custom-light: #815fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 59.477,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35359,
    "c": 0.14531,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.03802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F7A

secondary

#7EAD47

accent

#E3459A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F7A

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

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