#491C84#491C84

#491C84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.160 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C84
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 132)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 78.8%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 43.05, -49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 65.83, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(35.9% 0.0731 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(35.9% 0.16 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3267, 3.9128, 22.1945)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C84 #57841C

analogous

#1C2384 #491C84 #7D1C84

triadic

#491C84 #84491C #1C8449

tetradic

#491C84 #841C23 #57841C #1C847D

square

#491C84 #841C23 #57841C #1C847D

split-complementary

#491C84 #847D1C #23841C

monochromatic

#11071F #2D1152 #491C84 #6527B6 #8343D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#491C84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#491C84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C84

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C84	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.160 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ea9',
    500: '#491c84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c84;
$custom-light: #825ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.962,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35899,
    "c": 0.16023,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C84

secondary

#86B745

accent

#E8409F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C84

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

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