#491E81#491E81

#491E81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.155 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E81
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 129)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 76.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.44, 41.31, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.44, 63.19, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.072 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.155 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1733, 3.9299, 21.1452)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E81 #56811E

analogous

#1E2481 #491E81 #7A1E81

triadic

#491E81 #81491E #1E8149

tetradic

#491E81 #811E24 #56811E #1E817A

square

#491E81 #811E24 #56811E #1E817A

split-complementary

#491E81 #817A1E #24811E

monochromatic

#11071E #2D124F #491E81 #652AB3 #8346D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#491E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#491E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E81

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E81	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.155 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ea6',
    500: '#491e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e81;
$custom-light: #825ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.061,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35855,
    "c": 0.1546,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E81

secondary

#85B447

accent

#E5429F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E81

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

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