#491D83#491D83

#491D83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.158 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D83
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 131)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 77.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.45, 42.32, -49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.45, 64.79, 310.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.92% 0.0724 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(35.92% 0.158 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2827, 3.9338, 21.8439)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D83 #57831D

analogous

#1D2483 #491D83 #7C1D83

triadic

#491D83 #83491D #1D8349

tetradic

#491D83 #831D24 #57831D #1D837C

square

#491D83 #831D24 #57831D #1D837C

split-complementary

#491D83 #837C1D #24831D

monochromatic

#11071F #2D1251 #491D83 #6528B5 #8345D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#491D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#491D83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D83

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D83	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.158 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ea8',
    500: '#491d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d83;
$custom-light: #825ea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.882,
    "s": 63.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3592,
    "c": 0.158,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D83

secondary

#86B646

accent

#E7419F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D83

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

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