#491A85#491A85

#491A85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.163 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A85
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 80.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.16, 44.20, -50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.16, 67.33, 311.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.78% 0.0745 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(35.78% 0.163 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3496, 3.8486, 22.5414)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A85 #56851A

analogous

#1A2085 #491A85 #7E1A85

triadic

#491A85 #85491A #1A8549

tetradic

#491A85 #851A20 #56851A #1A857E

square

#491A85 #851A20 #56851A #1A857E

split-complementary

#491A85 #857E1A #20851A

monochromatic

#11061F #2D1052 #491A85 #6524B8 #8340DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#491A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#491A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A85

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A85	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.163 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825da9',
    500: '#491a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a85;
$custom-light: #825da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.355,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35776,
    "c": 0.16341,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A85

secondary

#85B842

accent

#EA3E9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A85

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

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