#491D86#491D86

#491D86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.161 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D86
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 78.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.73, 43.12, -50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.73, 66.41, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.0716 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.161 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4890, 4.0163, 22.9303)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D86 #5A861D

analogous

#1D2686 #491D86 #7E1D86

triadic

#491D86 #86491D #1D8649

tetradic

#491D86 #861D26 #5A861D #1D867E

square

#491D86 #861D26 #5A861D #1D867E

split-complementary

#491D86 #867E1D #26861D

monochromatic

#120721 #2E1254 #491D86 #6428B8 #8346D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#491D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#491D86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D86

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D86	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.161 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825eaa',
    500: '#491d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d86;
$custom-light: #825eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.143,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36196,
    "c": 0.1614,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D86

secondary

#89B946

accent

#E740A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D86

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

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