#491A87#491A87

#491A87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.166 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A87
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 80.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.35, 44.73, -51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.35, 68.39, 310.85°)
OKLab	oklab(35.97% 0.0738 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(35.97% 0.166 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4891, 3.9044, 23.2760)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A87 #58871A

analogous

#1A2187 #491A87 #801A87

triadic

#491A87 #87491A #1A8749

tetradic

#491A87 #871A21 #58871A #1A8780

square

#491A87 #871A21 #58871A #1A8780

split-complementary

#491A87 #87801A #21871A

monochromatic

#120620 #2D1054 #491A87 #6524BA #8341DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#491A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#491A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A87

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A87	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.166 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835dab',
    500: '#491a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a87;
$custom-light: #835dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.872,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35965,
    "c": 0.16561,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A87

secondary

#87BA42

accent

#EB3DA0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A87

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

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