#491D87#491D87

#491D87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.163 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D87
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 78.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.82, 43.39, -50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.82, 66.94, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.29% 0.0713 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(36.29% 0.163 296)
XYZ	xyz(7.5590, 4.0443, 23.2993)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D87 #5B871D

analogous

#1D2687 #491D87 #7E1D87

triadic

#491D87 #87491D #1D8749

tetradic

#491D87 #871D26 #5B871D #1D877E

square

#491D87 #871D26 #5B871D #1D877E

split-complementary

#491D87 #877E1D #26871D

monochromatic

#130722 #2E1255 #491D87 #6428B9 #8347D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#491D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#491D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D87

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D87	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.163 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825eab',
    500: '#491d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d87;
$custom-light: #825eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.906,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36289,
    "c": 0.16252,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D87

secondary

#8AB946

accent

#E840A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D87

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

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