#491A8E#491A8E

#491A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.173 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A8E
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.03, 46.58, -55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.03, 72.08, 310.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.64% 0.0716 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(36.64% 0.173 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9982, 4.1080, 25.9575)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A8E #5F8E1A

analogous

#1A258E #491A8E #831A8E

triadic

#491A8E #8E491A #1A8E49

tetradic

#491A8E #8E1A25 #5F8E1A #1A8E83

square

#491A8E #8E1A25 #5F8E1A #1A8E83

split-complementary

#491A8E #8E831A #258E1A

monochromatic

#140727 #2E115A #491A8E #6423C2 #8345DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#491A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#491A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A8E

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A8E	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.173 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845db0',
    500: '#491a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a8e;
$custom-light: #845db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.31,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36637,
    "c": 0.17329,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A8E

secondary

#8DBE45

accent

#EC3CA5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A8E

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

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