#491985#491985

#491985 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.164 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491985
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 133)
HSL	hsl(267, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 81%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 81.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 44.63, -51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 67.80, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.0753 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.164 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3278, 3.8050, 22.5341)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491985 #558519

analogous

#191F85 #491985 #7F1985

triadic

#491985 #854919 #198549

tetradic

#491985 #85191F #558519 #19857F

square

#491985 #85191F #558519 #19857F

split-complementary

#491985 #857F19 #1F8519

monochromatic

#10061E #2D0F51 #491985 #6523B9 #833EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#491985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#491985 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491985

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491985	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.164 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca9',
    500: '#491985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491985;
$custom-light: #825ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 68.354,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35672,
    "c": 0.16442,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491985

secondary

#84B941

accent

#EB3D9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491985

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

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