#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
RGBrgb(73, 27, 142)
HSLhsl(264, 68%, 33%)
HSVhsv(264, 81%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(48.6%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(24.17, 46.16, -54.76)
CIE-LCHlch(24.17, 71.62, 310.13°)
OKLaboklab(36.74% 0.0708 -0.1571)
OKLCHoklch(36.74% 0.172 294.3)
XYZxyz(8.0207, 4.1531, 25.9650)
Luminance0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##491B8E1.0011.471.8311.47
#FFFFFF11.471.0021.001.00
#0000001.8321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.471.0021.001.00

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

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#491B8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva