#491C83#491C83

#491C83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.159 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C83
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 131)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 78.6%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 42.78, -49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 65.30, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.81% 0.0733 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(35.81% 0.159 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2586, 3.8855, 21.8359)
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

#491C83 #56831C

analogous

#1C2283 #491C83 #7C1C83

triadic

#491C83 #83491C #1C8349

tetradic

#491C83 #831C22 #56831C #1C837C

square

#491C83 #831C22 #56831C #1C837C

split-complementary

#491C83 #837C1C #22831C

monochromatic

#11061E #2D1151 #491C83 #6527B5 #8343D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#491C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#491C83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C83

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C83	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.159 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ea8',
    500: '#491c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c83;
$custom-light: #825ea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.214,
    "s": 64.78,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35806,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C83

secondary

#85B645

accent

#E8409E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C83

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

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