#491E85#491E85

#491E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.159 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E85
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 77.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.80, 42.39, -49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.80, 65.36, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% 0.071 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.159 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4444, 4.0383, 22.5730)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E85 #5A851E

analogous

#1E2685 #491E85 #7D1E85

triadic

#491E85 #85491E #1E8549

tetradic

#491E85 #851E26 #5A851E #1E857D

square

#491E85 #851E26 #5A851E #1E857D

split-complementary

#491E85 #857D1E #26851E

monochromatic

#120721 #2E1353 #491E85 #6429B7 #8348D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#491E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#491E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E85

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E85	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.159 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fa9',
    500: '#491e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e85;
$custom-light: #825fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.049,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36219,
    "c": 0.15917,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E85

secondary

#89B847

accent

#E642A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E85

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

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