#491E82#491E82

#491E82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.156 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E82
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 130)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 76.9%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 41.58, -48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 63.73, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0718 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.156 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2401, 3.9566, 21.4970)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E82 #57821E

analogous

#1E2582 #491E82 #7B1E82

triadic

#491E82 #82491E #1E8249

tetradic

#491E82 #821E25 #57821E #1E827B

square

#491E82 #821E25 #57821E #1E827B

split-complementary

#491E82 #827B1E #25821E

monochromatic

#11071F #2D1350 #491E82 #6529B4 #8346D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#491E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#491E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E82

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E82	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.156 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fa7',
    500: '#491e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e82;
$custom-light: #825fa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.8,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35945,
    "c": 0.15574,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E82

secondary

#86B547

accent

#E6429F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E82

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

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