#491E87#491E87

#491E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.161 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E87
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 77.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.98, 42.93, -50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.98, 66.44, 310.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.4% 0.0705 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(36.4% 0.161 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5839, 4.0941, 23.3076)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E87 #5C871E

analogous

#1E2887 #491E87 #7D1E87

triadic

#491E87 #87491E #1E8749

tetradic

#491E87 #871E28 #5C871E #1E877D

square

#491E87 #871E28 #5C871E #1E877D

split-complementary

#491E87 #877D1E #28871E

monochromatic

#130823 #2E1355 #491E87 #6429B9 #8349D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#491E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#491E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E87

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E87	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.161 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fab',
    500: '#491e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e87;
$custom-light: #825fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.571,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36403,
    "c": 0.16144,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E87

secondary

#8BB948

accent

#E741A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E87

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

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