#491F87#491F87

#491F87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.160 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F87
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 135)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 77%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 42.45, -50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 65.92, 310.09°)
OKLab	oklab(36.52% 0.0696 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(36.52% 0.16 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6096, 4.1455, 23.3162)
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

#491F87 #5D871F

analogous

#1F2987 #491F87 #7D1F87

triadic

#491F87 #87491F #1F8749

tetradic

#491F87 #871F29 #5D871F #1F877D

square

#491F87 #871F29 #5D871F #1F877D

split-complementary

#491F87 #877D1F #29871F

monochromatic

#130823 #2E1455 #491F87 #642AB9 #834BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#491F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#491F87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F87

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F87	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.160 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fab',
    500: '#491f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f87;
$custom-light: #825fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.231,
    "s": 62.651,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3652,
    "c": 0.16034,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F87

secondary

#8CB84A

accent

#E642A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F87

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

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