#491987#491987

#491987 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.167 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491987
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 81.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.21, 45.16, -51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.21, 68.85, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.0746 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.167 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4673, 3.8608, 23.2688)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491987 #578719

analogous

#192087 #491987 #801987

triadic

#491987 #874919 #198749

tetradic

#491987 #871920 #578719 #198780

square

#491987 #871920 #578719 #198780

split-complementary

#491987 #878019 #208719

monochromatic

#110620 #2D0F53 #491987 #6523BB #833FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#491987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#491987 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491987

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491987	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.167 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835cab',
    500: '#491987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491987;
$custom-light: #835cab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.182,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35862,
    "c": 0.1666,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491987

secondary

#86BA41

accent

#EC3C9F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491987

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

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