#491687#491687

#491687 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.169 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491687
RGB	rgb(73, 22, 135)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 83.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 46.36, -52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 70.16, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(35.57% 0.0769 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(35.57% 0.169 297)
XYZ	xyz(7.4066, 3.7394, 23.2485)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491687 #548716

analogous

#161B87 #491687 #811687

triadic

#491687 #874916 #168749

tetradic

#491687 #87161B #548716 #168781

square

#491687 #87161B #548716 #168781

split-complementary

#491687 #878116 #1B8716

monochromatic

#10051E #2D0D52 #491687 #651FBC #8439DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#491687 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#491687 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491687

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491687	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491687	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00378A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491687;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 22, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.169 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835bab',
    500: '#491687',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491687;
$custom-light: #835bab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491687",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.08,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35574,
    "c": 0.16937,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.0374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491687

secondary

#82BB3E

accent

#EF399D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491687

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

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