#491F80#491F80

#491F80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.152 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F80
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 128)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 75.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 40.55, -47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 62.12, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(35.89% 0.0713 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(35.89% 0.152 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1329, 3.9548, 20.8054)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F80 #56801F

analogous

#1F2680 #491F80 #791F80

triadic

#491F80 #80491F #1F8049

tetradic

#491F80 #801F26 #56801F #1F8079

square

#491F80 #801F26 #56801F #1F8079

split-complementary

#491F80 #80791F #26801F

monochromatic

#11071D #2D134F #491F80 #652BB1 #8347D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#491F80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#491F80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F80

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F80	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.152 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815fa6',
    500: '#491f80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f80;
$custom-light: #815fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.979,
    "s": 61.006,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35886,
    "c": 0.15227,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F80

secondary

#85B348

accent

#E4449F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F80

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

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