#491E84#491E84

#491E84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.158 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E84
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 132)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 77.3%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.71, 42.12, -49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.71, 64.82, 310.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.13% 0.0713 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(36.13% 0.158 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3757, 4.0108, 22.2109)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E84 #59841E

analogous

#1E2684 #491E84 #7C1E84

triadic

#491E84 #84491E #1E8449

tetradic

#491E84 #841E26 #59841E #1E847C

square

#491E84 #841E26 #59841E #1E847C

split-complementary

#491E84 #847C1E #26841E

monochromatic

#120720 #2D1352 #491E84 #6529B6 #8347D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#491E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#491E84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E84

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E84	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.158 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fa9',
    500: '#491e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e84;
$custom-light: #825fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.294,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36127,
    "c": 0.15803,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E84

secondary

#88B747

accent

#E642A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E84

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

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