#491A8F#491A8F

#491A8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.174 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A8F
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 143)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 81.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 46.85, -55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 72.60, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.0712 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.174 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0736, 4.1382, 26.3546)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A8F #608F1A

analogous

#1A258F #491A8F #831A8F

triadic

#491A8F #8F491A #1A8F49

tetradic

#491A8F #8F1A25 #608F1A #1A8F83

square

#491A8F #8F1A25 #608F1A #1A8F83

split-complementary

#491A8F #8F831A #258F1A

monochromatic

#140727 #2F115B #491A8F #6323C3 #8346DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#491A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#491A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A8F

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A8F	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.174 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845db1',
    500: '#491a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a8f;
$custom-light: #845db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.103,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36735,
    "c": 0.17438,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A8F

secondary

#8EBF46

accent

#EC3CA5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A8F

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

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