#491981#491981

#491981 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.160 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491981
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 129)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 80.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.64, 43.59, -49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.64, 65.67, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(35.3% 0.0765 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(35.3% 0.16 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0567, 3.6966, 21.1063)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491981 #518119

analogous

#191D81 #491981 #7D1981

triadic

#491981 #814919 #198149

tetradic

#491981 #81191D #518119 #19817D

square

#491981 #81191D #518119 #19817D

split-complementary

#491981 #817D19 #1D8119

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0F4E #491981 #6623B4 #843BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#491981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#491981 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491981

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491981	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	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: #491981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.160 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca6',
    500: '#491981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491981;
$custom-light: #825ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 67.532,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35297,
    "c": 0.16005,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491981

secondary

#7FB541

accent

#EA3D9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491981

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

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