#491B7A#491B7A

#491B7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.150 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491B7A
RGBrgb(73, 27, 122)
HSLhsl(269, 64%, 29%)
HSVhsv(269, 78%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(40.2%, 77.9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LABlab(22.32, 40.87, -45.21)
CIE-LCHlch(22.32, 60.94, 312.11°)
OKLaboklab(34.88% 0.0767 -0.1291)
OKLCHoklch(34.88% 0.15 300.7)
XYZxyz(6.6516, 3.6054, 18.7541)
Luminance0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491B7A #4C7A1B
analogous
#1B1D7A #491B7A #791B7A
triadic
#491B7A #7A491B #1B7A49
tetradic
#491B7A #7A1B1D #4C7A1B #1B7A79
square
#491B7A #7A1B1D #4C7A1B #1B7A79
split-complementary
#491B7A #7A791B #1D7A1B
monochromatic
#0F0619 #2B1048 #491B7A #6726AC #853CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20
#491B7A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72
#491B7A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B7A
12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491B7A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491B7A1.0012.201.7212.20
#FFFFFF12.201.0021.001.00
#0000001.7221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.201.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00357D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003578
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3E3349
Achromatopsia (no color)
#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.150 300.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da1',
    500: '#491b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491b7a;
$custom-light: #815da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.053,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34877,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491B7A
secondary
#7AAE43
accent
#E74197
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#EFE9F3
border
#CAC5CD
text
#0B040F
muted
#7C797F

Preview Lab

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#491B7A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva