#491980#491980

#491980 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.159 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491980
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 128)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 80.5%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.55, 43.33, -48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.55, 65.14, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.0768 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.159 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9906, 3.6701, 20.7580)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491980 #508019

analogous

#191D80 #491980 #7C1980

triadic

#491980 #804919 #198049

tetradic

#491980 #80191D #508019 #19807C

square

#491980 #80191D #508019 #19807C

split-complementary

#491980 #807C19 #1D8019

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0F4D #491980 #6623B3 #843BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#491980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#491980 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491980

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491980	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.159 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca6',
    500: '#491980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491980;
$custom-light: #825ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.961,
    "s": 67.32,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35204,
    "c": 0.15896,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491980

secondary

#7EB441

accent

#EA3E9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491980

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

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