#491A86#491A86

#491A86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.165 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A86
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 134)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 80.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 44.47, -51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 67.86, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.0741 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.165 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4190, 3.8763, 22.9070)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A86 #57861A

analogous

#1A2186 #491A86 #7F1A86

triadic

#491A86 #86491A #1A8649

tetradic

#491A86 #861A21 #57861A #1A867F

square

#491A86 #861A21 #57861A #1A867F

split-complementary

#491A86 #867F1A #21861A

monochromatic

#11061F #2D1053 #491A86 #6524B9 #8340DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#491A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#491A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A86

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A86	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.165 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825daa',
    500: '#491a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a86;
$custom-light: #825daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.111,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3587,
    "c": 0.16452,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A86

secondary

#86B942

accent

#EA3D9F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A86

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

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