#491789#491789

#491789 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.171 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491789
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 137)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 83.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.12, 46.49, -53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.12, 70.78, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.0755 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.171 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5682, 3.8352, 24.0036)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491789 #578917

analogous

#171E89 #491789 #821789

triadic

#491789 #894917 #178949

tetradic

#491789 #89171E #578917 #178982

square

#491789 #89171E #578917 #178982

split-complementary

#491789 #898217 #1E8917

monochromatic

#110520 #2D0E55 #491789 #6520BD #833CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#491789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#491789 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491789

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491789	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.171 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835cac',
    500: '#491789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491789;
$custom-light: #835cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.316,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35861,
    "c": 0.17061,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491789

secondary

#86BD3F

accent

#EE3A9F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491789

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

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