#491989#491989

#491989 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.169 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491989
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 137)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 81.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.40, 45.68, -52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.40, 69.90, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.05% 0.074 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(36.05% 0.169 296)
XYZ	xyz(7.6094, 3.9177, 24.0173)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491989 #598919

analogous

#192189 #491989 #811989

triadic

#491989 #894919 #198949

tetradic

#491989 #891921 #598919 #198981

square

#491989 #891921 #598919 #198981

split-complementary

#491989 #898119 #218919

monochromatic

#120621 #2D1055 #491989 #6522BD #8340DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#491989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#491989 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491989

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491989	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.169 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835cac',
    500: '#491989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491989;
$custom-light: #835cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 69.136,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36054,
    "c": 0.16877,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.03918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491989

secondary

#88BC41

accent

#EC3CA0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491989

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

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