#491C80#491C80

#491C80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.156 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C80
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 128)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 78.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 41.98, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 63.68, 311.25°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0742 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.156 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0582, 3.8054, 20.7805)
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

#491C80 #53801C

analogous

#1C2180 #491C80 #7B1C80

triadic

#491C80 #80491C #1C8049

tetradic

#491C80 #801C21 #53801C #1C807B

square

#491C80 #801C21 #53801C #1C807B

split-complementary

#491C80 #807B1C #21801C

monochromatic

#10061C #2C114E #491C80 #6627B2 #8441D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#491C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#491C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C80

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C80	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.156 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825da6',
    500: '#491c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c80;
$custom-light: #825da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35531,
    "c": 0.15573,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C80

secondary

#81B344

accent

#E7419C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C80

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

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