#491E89#491E89

#491E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.164 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E89
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 78.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.16, 43.47, -51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.16, 67.51, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0699 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.164 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7261, 4.1510, 24.0562)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E89 #5E891E

analogous

#1E2989 #491E89 #7E1E89

triadic

#491E89 #89491E #1E8949

tetradic

#491E89 #891E29 #5E891E #1E897E

square

#491E89 #891E29 #5E891E #1E897E

split-complementary

#491E89 #897E1E #29891E

monochromatic

#130825 #2E1357 #491E89 #6429BB #834AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#491E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#491E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E89

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E89	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.164 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fac',
    500: '#491e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e89;
$custom-light: #835fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.112,
    "s": 64.072,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36589,
    "c": 0.16372,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E89

secondary

#8CBA49

accent

#E741A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E89

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

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