#491A81#491A81

#491A81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.159 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A81
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 129)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 79.8%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 43.15, -48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 65.20, 311.44°)
OKLab	oklab(35.4% 0.0757 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(35.4% 0.159 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0785, 3.7401, 21.1136)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A81 #52811A

analogous

#1A1E81 #491A81 #7D1A81

triadic

#491A81 #81491A #1A8149

tetradic

#491A81 #811A1E #52811A #1A817D

square

#491A81 #811A1E #52811A #1A817D

split-complementary

#491A81 #817D1A #1E811A

monochromatic

#0F051B #2C104E #491A81 #6624B4 #843DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#491A81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#491A81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A81

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A81	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.159 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ca6',
    500: '#491a81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a81;
$custom-light: #825ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.379,
    "s": 66.452,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35402,
    "c": 0.159,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A81

secondary

#80B542

accent

#E93E9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A81

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

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