#491F86#491F86

#491F86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.159 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F86
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 134)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 76.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.06, 42.18, -49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.06, 65.38, 310.17°)
OKLab	oklab(36.43% 0.0698 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(36.43% 0.159 296)
XYZ	xyz(7.5396, 4.1175, 22.9472)
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

#491F86 #5C861F

analogous

#1F2986 #491F86 #7D1F86

triadic

#491F86 #86491F #1F8649

tetradic

#491F86 #861F29 #5C861F #1F867D

square

#491F86 #861F29 #5C861F #1F867D

split-complementary

#491F86 #867D1F #29861F

monochromatic

#130823 #2E1454 #491F86 #642AB8 #834AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#491F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#491F86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F86

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F86	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.159 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825faa',
    500: '#491f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f86;
$custom-light: #825faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.466,
    "s": 62.424,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36429,
    "c": 0.15919,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F86

secondary

#8BB849

accent

#E542A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F86

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

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