#491F7E#491F7E

#491F7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.150 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F7E
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 75.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.35, 40.01, -46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.35, 61.02, 310.97°)
OKLab	oklab(35.71% 0.0718 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(35.71% 0.15 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0026, 3.9027, 20.1190)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F7E #547E1F

analogous

#1F247E #491F7E #781F7E

triadic

#491F7E #7E491F #1F7E49

tetradic

#491F7E #7E1F24 #547E1F #1F7E78

square

#491F7E #7E1F24 #547E1F #1F7E78

split-complementary

#491F7E #7E781F #247E1F

monochromatic

#10071C #2D134D #491F7E #652BAF #8446D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#491F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#491F7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F7E

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F7E	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.150 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815fa4',
    500: '#491f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f7e;
$custom-light: #815fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.526,
    "s": 60.51,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35709,
    "c": 0.14996,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F7E

secondary

#83B148

accent

#E4449D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F7E

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

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