#491A89#491A89

#491A89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.168 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A89
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 137)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 81%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.54, 45.26, -52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.54, 69.45, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% 0.0732 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.168 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6312, 3.9612, 24.0246)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A89 #5A891A

analogous

#1A2389 #491A89 #811A89

triadic

#491A89 #89491A #1A8949

tetradic

#491A89 #891A23 #5A891A #1A8981

square

#491A89 #891A23 #5A891A #1A8981

split-complementary

#491A89 #89811A #23891A

monochromatic

#120622 #2E1056 #491A89 #6424BC #8342DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#491A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#491A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A89

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A89	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.168 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835dac',
    500: '#491a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a89;
$custom-light: #835dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.405,
    "s": 68.098,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36155,
    "c": 0.16781,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A89

secondary

#89BC43

accent

#EB3DA1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A89

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

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