#491F84#491F84

#491F84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.157 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F84
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 132)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 76.5%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.88, 41.64, -49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.88, 64.30, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.25% 0.0703 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(36.25% 0.157 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4014, 4.0622, 22.2195)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F84 #5A841F

analogous

#1F2884 #491F84 #7B1F84

triadic

#491F84 #84491F #1F8449

tetradic

#491F84 #841F28 #5A841F #1F847B

square

#491F84 #841F28 #5A841F #1F847B

split-complementary

#491F84 #847B1F #28841F

monochromatic

#120821 #2E1352 #491F84 #642BB6 #8349D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#491F84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#491F84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F84

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F84	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.157 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fa9',
    500: '#491f84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f84;
$custom-light: #825fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.95,
    "s": 61.963,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36246,
    "c": 0.15689,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F84

secondary

#89B748

accent

#E543A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F84

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

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