#491D82#491D82

#491D82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.157 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D82
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 130)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 77.7%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 42.05, -48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 64.25, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(35.83% 0.0727 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(35.83% 0.157 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2152, 3.9068, 21.4887)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D82 #56821D

analogous

#1D2382 #491D82 #7B1D82

triadic

#491D82 #82491D #1D8249

tetradic

#491D82 #821D23 #56821D #1D827B

square

#491D82 #821D23 #56821D #1D827B

split-complementary

#491D82 #827B1D #23821D

monochromatic

#11071E #2D1250 #491D82 #6528B4 #8344D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#491D82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#491D82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D82

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D82	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.157 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ea7',
    500: '#491d82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d82;
$custom-light: #825ea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.139,
    "s": 63.522,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35828,
    "c": 0.15687,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D82

secondary

#85B546

accent

#E7419F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D82

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

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