#491F88#491F88

#491F88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.161 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F88
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 136)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 77.2%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.24, 42.73, -50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.24, 66.46, 310.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.61% 0.0693 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(36.61% 0.161 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6804, 4.1738, 23.6887)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F88 #5E881F

analogous

#1F2A88 #491F88 #7D1F88

triadic

#491F88 #88491F #1F8849

tetradic

#491F88 #881F2A #5E881F #1F887D

square

#491F88 #881F2A #5E881F #1F887D

split-complementary

#491F88 #887D1F #2A881F

monochromatic

#130824 #2E1456 #491F88 #642ABA #834BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#491F88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#491F88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F88

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F88	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.161 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fac',
    500: '#491f88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f88;
$custom-light: #825fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 62.874,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36612,
    "c": 0.16149,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F88

secondary

#8CB94A

accent

#E642A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F88

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

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