#491D85#491D85

#491D85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.160 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D85
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 78.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.63, 42.86, -50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.63, 65.87, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.0719 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.16 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4195, 3.9885, 22.5647)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D85 #59851D

analogous

#1D2585 #491D85 #7D1D85

triadic

#491D85 #85491D #1D8549

tetradic

#491D85 #851D25 #59851D #1D857D

square

#491D85 #851D25 #59851D #1D857D

split-complementary

#491D85 #857D1D #25851D

monochromatic

#120721 #2D1253 #491D85 #6528B7 #8346D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#491D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#491D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D85

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D85	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.160 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ea9',
    500: '#491d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d85;
$custom-light: #825ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 64.198,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36104,
    "c": 0.16027,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D85

secondary

#88B846

accent

#E741A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D85

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

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