#491A8B#491A8B

#491A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.170 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A8B
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 139)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 81.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.73, 45.79, -53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.73, 70.50, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.35% 0.0726 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(36.35% 0.17 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7760, 4.0191, 24.7872)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A8B #5C8B1A

analogous

#1A238B #491A8B #821A8B

triadic

#491A8B #8B491A #1A8B49

tetradic

#491A8B #8B1A23 #5C8B1A #1A8B82

square

#491A8B #8B1A23 #5C8B1A #1A8B82

split-complementary

#491A8B #8B821A #238B1A

monochromatic

#130724 #2E1057 #491A8B #6424BF #8343DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#491A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#491A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A8B

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A8B	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.170 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835dae',
    500: '#491a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a8b;
$custom-light: #835dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.956,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36347,
    "c": 0.17,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A8B

secondary

#8BBD44

accent

#EB3CA3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A8B

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

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