#491E83#491E83

#491E83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.157 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E83
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 131)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 77.1%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 41.85, -48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 64.28, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(36.04% 0.0715 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(36.04% 0.157 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3076, 3.9836, 21.8522)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E83 #58831E

analogous

#1E2583 #491E83 #7C1E83

triadic

#491E83 #83491E #1E8349

tetradic

#491E83 #831E25 #58831E #1E837C

square

#491E83 #831E25 #58831E #1E837C

split-complementary

#491E83 #837C1E #25831E

monochromatic

#12071F #2D1351 #491E83 #6529B5 #8347D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#491E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#491E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E83

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E83	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.157 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fa8',
    500: '#491e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e83;
$custom-light: #825fa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.545,
    "s": 62.733,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36036,
    "c": 0.15688,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E83

secondary

#87B647

accent

#E642A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E83

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

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