#491F7F#491F7F

#491F7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.151 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F7F
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 127)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 75.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.43, 40.28, -46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.43, 61.57, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.8% 0.0715 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(35.8% 0.151 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0674, 3.9286, 20.4605)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F7F #557F1F

analogous

#1F257F #491F7F #791F7F

triadic

#491F7F #7F491F #1F7F49

tetradic

#491F7F #7F1F25 #557F1F #1F7F79

square

#491F7F #7F1F25 #557F1F #1F7F79

split-complementary

#491F7F #7F791F #257F1F

monochromatic

#10071D #2D134E #491F7F #652BB0 #8346D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#491F7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#491F7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F7F

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F7F	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.151 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815fa5',
    500: '#491f7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f7f;
$custom-light: #815fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 60.759,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35798,
    "c": 0.15111,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F7F

secondary

#84B248

accent

#E4449E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F7F

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

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