#491881#491881

#491881 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.161 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491881
RGB	rgb(73, 24, 129)
HSL	hsl(268, 69%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 81.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.50, 44.01, -49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.50, 66.14, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.19% 0.0774 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(35.19% 0.161 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0357, 3.6546, 21.0993)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491881 #508118

analogous

#181C81 #491881 #7D1881

triadic

#491881 #814918 #188149

tetradic

#491881 #81181C #508118 #18817D

square

#491881 #81181C #508118 #18817D

split-complementary

#491881 #817D18 #1C8118

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0E4D #491881 #6622B5 #8439DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#491881 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#491881 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491881

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491881	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491881	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491881;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 24, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.161 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ba6',
    500: '#491881',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491881;
$custom-light: #825ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491881",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35194,
    "c": 0.16106,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491881

secondary

#7EB540

accent

#EB3C9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491881

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

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