#491D88#491D88

#491D88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.164 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D88
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 136)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 78.7%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.91, 43.66, -51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.91, 67.48, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.071 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.164 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6298, 4.0726, 23.6719)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D88 #5C881D

analogous

#1D2788 #491D88 #7F1D88

triadic

#491D88 #88491D #1D8849

tetradic

#491D88 #881D27 #5C881D #1D887F

square

#491D88 #881D27 #5C881D #1D887F

split-complementary

#491D88 #887F1D #27881D

monochromatic

#130723 #2E1256 #491D88 #6428BA #8348D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#491D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#491D88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D88

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D88	1.00	11.57	1.81	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.164 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eac',
    500: '#491d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d88;
$custom-light: #835eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.673,
    "s": 64.848,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36382,
    "c": 0.16365,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D88

secondary

#8BBA47

accent

#E840A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D88

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

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