#491A7C#491A7C

#491A7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.153 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491A7C
RGBrgb(73, 26, 124)
HSLhsl(269, 65%, 29%)
HSVhsv(269, 79%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(41.1%, 79%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LABlab(22.34, 41.85, -46.45)
CIE-LCHlch(22.34, 62.52, 312.01°)
OKLaboklab(34.95% 0.0771 -0.1327)
OKLCHoklch(34.95% 0.153 300.1)
XYZxyz(6.7542, 3.6104, 19.4059)
Luminance0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491A7C #4D7C1A
analogous
#1A1C7C #491A7C #7A1A7C
triadic
#491A7C #7C491A #1A7C49
tetradic
#491A7C #7C1A1C #4D7C1A #1A7C7A
square
#491A7C #7C1A1C #4D7C1A #1A7C7A
split-complementary
#491A7C #7C7A1A #1C7C1A
monochromatic
#0F0519 #2B0F49 #491A7C #6725AF #853BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20
#491A7C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72
#491A7C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A7C
12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491A7C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491A7C1.0012.201.7212.20
#FFFFFF12.201.0021.001.00
#0000001.7221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.201.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00357F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00357A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3D344A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.153 300.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ca3',
    500: '#491a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491a7c;
$custom-light: #815ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.776,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34945,
    "c": 0.15349,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491A7C
secondary
#7BB042
accent
#E84097
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#EFE9F4
border
#CAC5CE
text
#0B040F
muted
#7C797F

Preview Lab

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#491A7C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva