#491A80#491A80

#491A80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.158 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A80
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 128)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 79.7%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.70, 42.89, -48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.70, 64.66, 311.55°)
OKLab	oklab(35.31% 0.076 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(35.31% 0.158 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0123, 3.7137, 20.7652)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A80 #51801A

analogous

#1A1E80 #491A80 #7C1A80

triadic

#491A80 #80491A #1A8049

tetradic

#491A80 #801A1E #51801A #1A807C

square

#491A80 #801A1E #51801A #1A807C

split-complementary

#491A80 #807C1A #1E801A

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C104D #491A80 #6624B3 #843DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#491A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#491A80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A80

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A80	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.158 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca6',
    500: '#491a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a80;
$custom-light: #825ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.647,
    "s": 66.234,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3531,
    "c": 0.15791,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A80

secondary

#7FB442

accent

#E93F9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A80

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

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