#491689#491689

#491689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.171 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491689
RGB	rgb(73, 22, 137)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.99, 46.88, -53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.99, 71.20, 311.18°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.0762 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.171 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5487, 3.7963, 23.9971)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491689 #568916

analogous

#161C89 #491689 #821689

triadic

#491689 #894916 #168949

tetradic

#491689 #89161C #568916 #168982

square

#491689 #89161C #568916 #168982

split-complementary

#491689 #898216 #1C8916

monochromatic

#110520 #2D0E54 #491689 #651EBE #833ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#491689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#491689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491689

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491689	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00378C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.171 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835bac',
    500: '#491689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491689;
$custom-light: #835bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.609,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35769,
    "c": 0.17149,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491689

secondary

#85BD3E

accent

#EF399E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491689

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

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