#491B82#491B82

#491B82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.159 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B82
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 130)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 79.2%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.04, 42.97, -49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.04, 65.25, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.0745 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.159 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1678, 3.8119, 21.4729)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B82 #54821B

analogous

#1B2082 #491B82 #7C1B82

triadic

#491B82 #82491B #1B8249

tetradic

#491B82 #821B20 #54821B #1B827C

square

#491B82 #821B20 #54821B #1B827C

split-complementary

#491B82 #827C1B #20821B

monochromatic

#10061D #2D104F #491B82 #6526B5 #8440D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#491B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#491B82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B82

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B82	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.159 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825da7',
    500: '#491b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b82;
$custom-light: #825da7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.796,
    "s": 65.605,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35603,
    "c": 0.15906,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B82

secondary

#83B643

accent

#E93F9D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B82

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

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