#491C82#491C82

#491C82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.158 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C82
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 130)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 78.5%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.20, 42.51, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.20, 64.76, 311.04°)
OKLab	oklab(35.71% 0.0736 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(35.71% 0.158 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1911, 3.8586, 21.4807)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C82 #55821C

analogous

#1C2282 #491C82 #7C1C82

triadic

#491C82 #82491C #1C8249

tetradic

#491C82 #821C22 #55821C #1C827C

square

#491C82 #821C22 #55821C #1C827C

split-complementary

#491C82 #827C1C #22821C

monochromatic

#10061D #2D1150 #491C82 #6527B4 #8342D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#491C82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#491C82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C82

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C82	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.158 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825da7',
    500: '#491c82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c82;
$custom-light: #825da7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35714,
    "c": 0.15798,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C82

secondary

#84B544

accent

#E8409E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C82

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

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