#491A8D#491A8D

#491A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.172 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A8D
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 46.32, -54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 71.55, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(36.54% 0.0719 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(36.54% 0.172 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9235, 4.0781, 25.5638)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A8D #5E8D1A

analogous

#1A248D #491A8D #821A8D

triadic

#491A8D #8D491A #1A8D49

tetradic

#491A8D #8D1A24 #5E8D1A #1A8D82

square

#491A8D #8D1A24 #5E8D1A #1A8D82

split-complementary

#491A8D #8D821A #248D1A

monochromatic

#130726 #2E1059 #491A8D #6424C1 #8345DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#491A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#491A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A8D

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A8D	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.172 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835daf',
    500: '#491a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a8d;
$custom-light: #835daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.522,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3654,
    "c": 0.17219,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A8D

secondary

#8CBE45

accent

#EC3CA4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A8D

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

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