#491986#491986

#491986 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.166 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491986
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 134)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 81.3%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.11, 44.89, -51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.11, 68.32, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.075 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.166 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3972, 3.8328, 22.8997)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491986 #568619

analogous

#191F86 #491986 #7F1986

triadic

#491986 #864919 #198649

tetradic

#491986 #86191F #568619 #19867F

square

#491986 #86191F #568619 #19867F

split-complementary

#491986 #867F19 #1F8619

monochromatic

#11061F #2D0F52 #491986 #6523BA #833EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#491986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#491986 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491986

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491986	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.166 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835caa',
    500: '#491986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491986;
$custom-light: #835caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.422,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35767,
    "c": 0.16551,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491986

secondary

#85BA41

accent

#EB3C9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491986

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

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