#491C89#491C89

#491C89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.166 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C89
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 137)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 79.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 44.38, -52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 68.50, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.0716 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.166 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6770, 4.0529, 24.0399)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C89 #5C891C

analogous

#1C2589 #491C89 #801C89

triadic

#491C89 #89491C #1C8949

tetradic

#491C89 #891C25 #5C891C #1C8980

square

#491C89 #891C25 #5C891C #1C8980

split-complementary

#491C89 #89801C #25891C

monochromatic

#130723 #2E1256 #491C89 #6426BC #8346D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#491C89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#491C89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C89

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C89	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.166 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eac',
    500: '#491c89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c89;
$custom-light: #835eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.771,
    "s": 66.061,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36366,
    "c": 0.16581,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C89

secondary

#8BBB46

accent

#E93FA3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C89

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

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