#491785#491785

#491785 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.166 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491785
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 133)
HSL	hsl(267, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 82.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.73, 45.46, -51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.73, 68.69, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(35.48% 0.0768 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(35.48% 0.166 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2866, 3.7226, 22.5204)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491785 #538517

analogous

#171C85 #491785 #801785

triadic

#491785 #854917 #178549

tetradic

#491785 #85171C #538517 #178580

square

#491785 #85171C #538517 #178580

split-complementary

#491785 #858017 #1C8517

monochromatic

#10051D #2C0E51 #491785 #6620B9 #843ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#491785 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#491785 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491785

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491785	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491785	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491785;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.166 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba9',
    500: '#491785',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491785;
$custom-light: #835ba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491785",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35475,
    "c": 0.16633,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491785

secondary

#81B93F

accent

#ED3B9C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491785

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

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