#491B84#491B84

#491B84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.161 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B84
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 132)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 79.5%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.22, 43.50, -50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.22, 66.32, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.79% 0.0739 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(35.79% 0.161 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3034, 3.8661, 22.1868)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B84 #56841B

analogous

#1B2184 #491B84 #7D1B84

triadic

#491B84 #84491B #1B8449

tetradic

#491B84 #841B21 #56841B #1B847D

square

#491B84 #841B21 #56841B #1B847D

split-complementary

#491B84 #847D1B #21841B

monochromatic

#11061E #2D1151 #491B84 #6525B7 #8341D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#491B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#491B84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B84

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B84	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.161 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825da9',
    500: '#491b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b84;
$custom-light: #825da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.286,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35789,
    "c": 0.16128,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B84

secondary

#85B743

accent

#E93F9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B84

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

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