#491984#491984

#491984 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.163 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491984
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 132)
HSL	hsl(267, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 81%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 81.1%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 44.37, -50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 67.27, 311.27°)
OKLab	oklab(35.58% 0.0756 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(35.58% 0.163 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2591, 3.7775, 22.1720)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491984 #548419

analogous

#191E84 #491984 #7E1984

triadic

#491984 #844919 #198449

tetradic

#491984 #84191E #548419 #19847E

square

#491984 #84191E #548419 #19847E

split-complementary

#491984 #847E19 #1E8419

monochromatic

#10061D #2D0F51 #491984 #6523B7 #843DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#491984 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#491984 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491984

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491984	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491984	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491984;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.163 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca9',
    500: '#491984',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491984;
$custom-light: #825ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491984",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.916,
    "s": 68.153,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35578,
    "c": 0.16333,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491984

secondary

#83B841

accent

#EB3D9D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491984

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

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