#491D80#491D80

#491D80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.155 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D80
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 128)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 77.3%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.18, 41.52, -47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.18, 63.17, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.0732 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.155 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0823, 3.8536, 20.7886)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D80 #54801D

analogous

#1D2280 #491D80 #7A1D80

triadic

#491D80 #80491D #1D8049

tetradic

#491D80 #801D22 #54801D #1D807A

square

#491D80 #801D22 #54801D #1D807A

split-complementary

#491D80 #807A1D #22801D

monochromatic

#10061C #2D124E #491D80 #6528B2 #8443D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#491D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#491D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D80

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D80	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.155 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ea6',
    500: '#491d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d80;
$custom-light: #825ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 63.057,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35647,
    "c": 0.1546,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D80

secondary

#82B345

accent

#E6429D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D80

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

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