#491B86#491B86

#491B86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.164 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491B86
RGBrgb(73, 27, 134)
HSLhsl(266, 66%, 32%)
HSVhsv(266, 80%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(45.5%, 79.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LABlab(23.41, 44.03, -51.02)
CIE-LCHlch(23.41, 67.39, 310.80°)
OKLaboklab(35.98% 0.0733 -0.1461)
OKLCHoklch(35.98% 0.164 296.6)
XYZxyz(7.4415, 3.9214, 22.9145)
Luminance0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491B86 #58861B
analogous
#1B2386 #491B86 #7F1B86
triadic
#491B86 #86491B #1B8649
tetradic
#491B86 #861B23 #58861B #1B867F
square
#491B86 #861B23 #58861B #1B867F
split-complementary
#491B86 #867F1B #23861B
monochromatic
#120620 #2D1153 #491B86 #6525B9 #8342D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77
#491B86 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78
#491B86 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B86
11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491B86#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491B861.0011.771.7811.77
#FFFFFF11.771.0021.001.00
#0000001.7821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.771.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003889
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003684
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#383850
Achromatopsia (no color)
#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.164 296.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825daa',
    500: '#491b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491b86;
$custom-light: #825daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.794,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35976,
    "c": 0.16351,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491B86
secondary
#87B944
accent
#E93EA0
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#EFE9F4
border
#CAC5CE
text
#0B0410
muted
#7C797F

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#491B86 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva