#491A90#491A90

#491A90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.175 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A90
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 144)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 81.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 47.11, -55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 73.12, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0709 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.175 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1497, 4.1686, 26.7554)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.67

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A90 #61901A

analogous

#1A2690 #491A90 #841A90

triadic

#491A90 #90491A #1A9049

tetradic

#491A90 #901A26 #61901A #1A9084

square

#491A90 #901A26 #61901A #1A9084

split-complementary

#491A90 #90841A #26901A

monochromatic

#140728 #2F115C #491A90 #6323C4 #8347DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#491A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#491A90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A90

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A90	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.175 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845db2',
    500: '#491a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a90;
$custom-light: #845db2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.898,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36832,
    "c": 0.17547,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A90

secondary

#8FBF47

accent

#EC3CA6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A90

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

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