#491C87#491C87

#491C87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.164 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C87
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 79.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 43.85, -51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 67.44, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.18% 0.0722 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(36.18% 0.164 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5349, 3.9961, 23.2913)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C87 #5A871C

analogous

#1C2487 #491C87 #7F1C87

triadic

#491C87 #87491C #1C8749

tetradic

#491C87 #871C24 #5A871C #1C877F

square

#491C87 #871C24 #5A871C #1C877F

split-complementary

#491C87 #877F1C #24871C

monochromatic

#120722 #2E1154 #491C87 #6427BA #8345D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#491C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#491C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C87

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C87	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.164 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825eab',
    500: '#491c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c87;
$custom-light: #825eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.234,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36178,
    "c": 0.16358,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C87

secondary

#89BA45

accent

#E93FA1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C87

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

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