#491C86#491C86

#491C86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.162 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C86
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 79.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 43.58, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 66.90, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0725 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.162 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4648, 3.9680, 22.9222)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C86 #59861C

analogous

#1C2486 #491C86 #7E1C86

triadic

#491C86 #86491C #1C8649

tetradic

#491C86 #861C24 #59861C #1C867E

square

#491C86 #861C24 #59861C #1C867E

split-complementary

#491C86 #867E1C #24861C

monochromatic

#120721 #2D1153 #491C86 #6527B9 #8344D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#491C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#491C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C86

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C86	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.162 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825eaa',
    500: '#491c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c86;
$custom-light: #825eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.472,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36084,
    "c": 0.16246,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C86

secondary

#88B945

accent

#E83FA1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C86

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

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