#491D89#491D89

#491D89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.165 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D89
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 78.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.00, 43.93, -51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.00, 68.02, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% 0.0707 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.165 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7012, 4.1011, 24.0479)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D89 #5D891D

analogous

#1D2789 #491D89 #7F1D89

triadic

#491D89 #89491D #1D8949

tetradic

#491D89 #891D27 #5D891D #1D897F

square

#491D89 #891D27 #5D891D #1D897F

split-complementary

#491D89 #897F1D #27891D

monochromatic

#130824 #2E1256 #491D89 #6428BC #8348D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#491D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#491D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D89

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D89	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.165 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eac',
    500: '#491d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d89;
$custom-light: #835eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 65.06,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36476,
    "c": 0.16477,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D89

secondary

#8CBA47

accent

#E840A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D89

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

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