#491788#491788

#491788 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.170 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491788
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 136)
HSL	hsl(267, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 83.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 46.23, -52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 70.26, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.76% 0.0758 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(35.76% 0.17 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4968, 3.8067, 23.6276)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491788 #568817

analogous

#171D88 #491788 #811788

triadic

#491788 #884917 #178849

tetradic

#491788 #88171D #568817 #178881

square

#491788 #88171D #568817 #178881

split-complementary

#491788 #888117 #1D8817

monochromatic

#11051F #2D0E54 #491788 #6520BC #833BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#491788 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#491788 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491788

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491788	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491788	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00378B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003586

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491788;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.170 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835bac',
    500: '#491788',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491788;
$custom-light: #835bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491788",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.549,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35764,
    "c": 0.16954,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491788

secondary

#85BC3F

accent

#EE3A9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491788

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

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