#491690#491690

#491690 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.179 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491690
RGB	rgb(73, 22, 144)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 84.7%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.68, 48.68, -56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.68, 74.81, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.0736 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.179 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0672, 4.0037, 26.7279)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491690 #5D9016

analogous

#162090 #491690 #861690

triadic

#491690 #904916 #169049

tetradic

#491690 #901620 #5D9016 #169086

square

#491690 #901620 #5D9016 #169086

split-complementary

#491690 #908616 #209016

monochromatic

#130626 #2E0E5B #491690 #641EC5 #833FE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#491690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#491690 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491690

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491690	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 22, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.179 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845cb2',
    500: '#491690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491690;
$custom-light: #845cb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.082,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36461,
    "c": 0.17891,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491690

secondary

#8CC240

accent

#F038A3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491690

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

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