#491B7D#491B7D

#491B7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.153 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491B7D
RGBrgb(73, 27, 125)
HSLhsl(268, 64%, 30%)
HSVhsv(268, 78%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(41.6%, 78.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(22.59, 41.65, -46.68)
CIE-LCHlch(22.59, 62.56, 311.74°)
OKLaboklab(35.15% 0.0759 -0.1334)
OKLCHoklch(35.15% 0.153 299.6)
XYZxyz(6.8403, 3.6809, 19.7482)
Luminance0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491B7D #4F7D1B
analogous
#1B1E7D #491B7D #7A1B7D
triadic
#491B7D #7D491B #1B7D49
tetradic
#491B7D #7D1B1E #4F7D1B #1B7D7A
square
#491B7D #7D1B1E #4F7D1B #1B7D7A
split-complementary
#491B7D #7D7A1B #1E7D1B
monochromatic
#0F0519 #2C104B #491B7D #6626AF #853DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10
#491B7D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74
#491B7D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B7D
12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491B7D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491B7D1.0012.101.7412.10
#FFFFFF12.101.0021.001.00
#0000001.7421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.101.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003680
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00357B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3D354B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.153 299.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da3',
    500: '#491b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491b7d;
$custom-light: #815da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.163,
    "s": 64.474,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35146,
    "c": 0.15348,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491B7D
secondary
#7DB143
accent
#E74099
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#EFE9F4
border
#CAC5CE
text
#0B040F
muted
#7C797F

Preview Lab

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#491B7D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva