#491B8E#491B8E

#491B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.172 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B8E
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.17, 46.16, -54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.17, 71.62, 310.13°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.0708 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.172 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0207, 4.1531, 25.9650)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B8E #608E1B

analogous

#1B268E #491B8E #821B8E

triadic

#491B8E #8E491B #1B8E49

tetradic

#491B8E #8E1B26 #608E1B #1B8E82

square

#491B8E #8E1B26 #608E1B #1B8E82

split-complementary

#491B8E #8E821B #268E1B

monochromatic

#140727 #2F115B #491B8E #6325C1 #8347DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#491B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#491B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B8E

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B8E	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.172 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845eb0',
    500: '#491b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b8e;
$custom-light: #845eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36739,
    "c": 0.17234,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B8E

secondary

#8EBE47

accent

#EB3DA5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B8E

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

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