#491B87#491B87

#491B87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.165 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B87
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 80%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.50, 44.30, -51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.50, 67.92, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.07% 0.073 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(36.07% 0.165 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5116, 3.9494, 23.2835)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B87 #59871B

analogous

#1B2387 #491B87 #7F1B87

triadic

#491B87 #87491B #1B8749

tetradic

#491B87 #871B23 #59871B #1B877F

square

#491B87 #871B23 #59871B #1B877F

split-complementary

#491B87 #877F1B #23871B

monochromatic

#120721 #2D1154 #491B87 #6525BA #8343D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#491B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#491B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B87

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B87	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.165 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835dab',
    500: '#491b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b87;
$custom-light: #835dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.556,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3607,
    "c": 0.16461,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B87

secondary

#88BA44

accent

#EA3EA1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B87

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

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