#491D84#491D84

#491D84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.159 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D84
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 132)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 78%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.54, 42.59, -49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.54, 65.33, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.01% 0.0722 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(36.01% 0.159 297)
XYZ	xyz(7.3508, 3.9610, 22.2026)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D84 #58841D

analogous

#1D2584 #491D84 #7D1D84

triadic

#491D84 #84491D #1D8449

tetradic

#491D84 #841D25 #58841D #1D847D

square

#491D84 #841D25 #58841D #1D847D

split-complementary

#491D84 #847D1D #25841D

monochromatic

#120720 #2D1252 #491D84 #6528B6 #8345D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#491D84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#491D84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D84

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D84	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.159 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ea9',
    500: '#491d84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d84;
$custom-light: #825ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.631,
    "s": 63.975,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36011,
    "c": 0.15914,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.03961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D84

secondary

#87B746

accent

#E741A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D84

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

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