#491E88#491E88

#491E88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.163 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E88
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 136)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 77.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.07, 43.20, -51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.07, 66.98, 310.16°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% 0.0702 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.163 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6547, 4.1224, 23.6802)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E88 #5D881E

analogous

#1E2888 #491E88 #7E1E88

triadic

#491E88 #88491E #1E8849

tetradic

#491E88 #881E28 #5D881E #1E887E

square

#491E88 #881E28 #5D881E #1E887E

split-complementary

#491E88 #887E1E #28881E

monochromatic

#130824 #2E1356 #491E88 #6429BA #8349D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#491E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#491E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E88

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E88	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.163 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fac',
    500: '#491e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e88;
$custom-light: #825fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.34,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36496,
    "c": 0.16258,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E88

secondary

#8CB949

accent

#E741A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E88

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

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