#491B85#491B85

#491B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.162 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B85
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 79.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.32, 43.77, -50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.32, 66.86, 310.89°)
OKLab	oklab(35.88% 0.0736 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(35.88% 0.162 297)
XYZ	xyz(7.3721, 3.8936, 22.5489)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B85 #57851B

analogous

#1B2285 #491B85 #7E1B85

triadic

#491B85 #85491B #1B8549

tetradic

#491B85 #851B22 #57851B #1B857E

square

#491B85 #851B22 #57851B #1B857E

split-complementary

#491B85 #857E1B #22851B

monochromatic

#11061F #2D1152 #491B85 #6525B8 #8342D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#491B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#491B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B85

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B85	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.162 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825da9',
    500: '#491b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b85;
$custom-light: #825da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.038,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35882,
    "c": 0.16239,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.03894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B85

secondary

#86B844

accent

#E93F9F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B85

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

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