#491889#491889

#491889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.170 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491889
RGB	rgb(73, 24, 137)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 82.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 46.09, -53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 70.35, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(35.96% 0.0747 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(35.96% 0.17 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5884, 3.8757, 24.0103)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491889 #588918

analogous

#182089 #491889 #821889

triadic

#491889 #894918 #188949

tetradic

#491889 #891820 #588918 #188982

square

#491889 #891820 #588918 #188982

split-complementary

#491889 #898218 #208918

monochromatic

#120621 #2D0F55 #491889 #6521BD #833EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#491889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#491889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491889

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491889	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	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: #491889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 24, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.170 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835cac',
    500: '#491889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491889;
$custom-light: #835cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.018,
    "s": 70.186,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35956,
    "c": 0.1697,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491889

secondary

#87BD40

accent

#ED3BA0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491889

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

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