#491C85#491C85

#491C85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.161 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C85
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 78.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.47, 43.31, -50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.47, 66.37, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.0728 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.161 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3954, 3.9403, 22.5567)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C85 #58851C

analogous

#1C2485 #491C85 #7E1C85

triadic

#491C85 #85491C #1C8549

tetradic

#491C85 #851C24 #58851C #1C857E

square

#491C85 #851C24 #58851C #1C857E

split-complementary

#491C85 #857E1C #24851C

monochromatic

#120720 #2D1152 #491C85 #6527B8 #8344D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#491C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#491C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C85

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C85	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.161 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ea9',
    500: '#491c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c85;
$custom-light: #825ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35991,
    "c": 0.16134,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C85

secondary

#87B845

accent

#E840A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C85

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

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