#491790#491790

#491790 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.178 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491790
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 144)
HSL	hsl(265, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 84%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.81, 48.31, -56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.81, 74.41, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.55% 0.073 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(36.55% 0.178 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0867, 4.0426, 26.7344)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491790 #5E9017

analogous

#172290 #491790 #851790

triadic

#491790 #904917 #179049

tetradic

#491790 #901722 #5E9017 #179085

square

#491790 #901722 #5E9017 #179085

split-complementary

#491790 #908517 #229017

monochromatic

#130626 #2E0F5B #491790 #641FC5 #8341E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#491790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#491790 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491790

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491790	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.178 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845cb2',
    500: '#491790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491790;
$custom-light: #845cb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.793,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3655,
    "c": 0.17809,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491790

secondary

#8CC142

accent

#EF39A4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491790

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

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