#491F89#491F89

#491F89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.163 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F89
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 77.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.33, 43.00, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.33, 67.00, 309.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.069 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.163 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7518, 4.2024, 24.0648)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F89 #5F891F

analogous

#1F2A89 #491F89 #7E1F89

triadic

#491F89 #89491F #1F8949

tetradic

#491F89 #891F2A #5F891F #1F897E

square

#491F89 #891F2A #5F891F #1F897E

split-complementary

#491F89 #897E1F #2A891F

monochromatic

#140825 #2E1457 #491F89 #642ABB #834CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#491F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#491F89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F89

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F89	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.163 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fac',
    500: '#491f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f89;
$custom-light: #835fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.774,
    "s": 63.095,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36705,
    "c": 0.16263,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F89

secondary

#8DB94B

accent

#E642A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F89

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

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