#491E86#491E86

#491E86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.160 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E86
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 77.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.89, 42.66, -50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.89, 65.90, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0707 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.16 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5139, 4.0661, 22.9386)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E86 #5B861E

analogous

#1E2786 #491E86 #7D1E86

triadic

#491E86 #86491E #1E8649

tetradic

#491E86 #861E27 #5B861E #1E867D

square

#491E86 #861E27 #5B861E #1E867D

split-complementary

#491E86 #867D1E #27861E

monochromatic

#130822 #2E1354 #491E86 #6429B8 #8348D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#491E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#491E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E86

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E86	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.160 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825faa',
    500: '#491e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e86;
$custom-light: #825faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.808,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36311,
    "c": 0.1603,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E86

secondary

#8AB847

accent

#E641A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E86

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

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