#491B86#491B86

#491B86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.164 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B86
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 134)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 79.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.41, 44.03, -51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.41, 67.39, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(35.98% 0.0733 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(35.98% 0.164 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4415, 3.9214, 22.9145)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B86 #58861B

analogous

#1B2386 #491B86 #7F1B86

triadic

#491B86 #86491B #1B8649

tetradic

#491B86 #861B23 #58861B #1B867F

square

#491B86 #861B23 #58861B #1B867F

split-complementary

#491B86 #867F1B #23861B

monochromatic

#120620 #2D1153 #491B86 #6525B9 #8342D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#491B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#491B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B86

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B86	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.164 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825daa',
    500: '#491b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b86;
$custom-light: #825daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.794,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35976,
    "c": 0.16351,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B86

secondary

#87B944

accent

#E93EA0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B86

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

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