#491E80#491E80

#491E80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.153 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E80
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 128)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 76.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.35, 41.04, -47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.35, 62.65, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.0723 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.153 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1072, 3.9034, 20.7969)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E80 #55801E

analogous

#1E2480 #491E80 #7A1E80

triadic

#491E80 #80491E #1E8049

tetradic

#491E80 #801E24 #55801E #1E807A

square

#491E80 #801E24 #55801E #1E807A

split-complementary

#491E80 #807A1E #24801E

monochromatic

#10071D #2D124E #491E80 #652AB2 #8345D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#491E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#491E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E80

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E80	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.153 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea6',
    500: '#491e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e80;
$custom-light: #815ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.327,
    "s": 62.025,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35765,
    "c": 0.15345,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E80

secondary

#84B347

accent

#E5439E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E80

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

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