#491A83#491A83

#491A83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.161 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A83
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 131)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 80.2%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.98, 43.68, -49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.98, 66.27, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.59% 0.0751 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(35.59% 0.161 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2127, 3.7938, 21.8206)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A83 #54831A

analogous

#1A1F83 #491A83 #7D1A83

triadic

#491A83 #83491A #1A8349

tetradic

#491A83 #831A1F #54831A #1A837D

square

#491A83 #831A1F #54831A #1A837D

split-complementary

#491A83 #837D1A #1F831A

monochromatic

#10061D #2D1050 #491A83 #6524B6 #843FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#491A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#491A83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A83

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A83	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.161 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825da8',
    500: '#491a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a83;
$custom-light: #825da8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.857,
    "s": 66.879,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35588,
    "c": 0.16121,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A83

secondary

#83B742

accent

#EA3E9D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A83

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

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