#491C7B#491C7B

#491C7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.150 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491C7B
RGBrgb(73, 28, 123)
HSLhsl(268, 63%, 30%)
HSVhsv(268, 77%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(40.7%, 77.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LABlab(22.57, 40.66, -45.43)
CIE-LCHlch(22.57, 60.97, 311.83°)
OKLaboklab(35.08% 0.0755 -0.1297)
OKLCHoklch(35.08% 0.15 300.2)
XYZxyz(6.7372, 3.6770, 19.0898)
Luminance0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491C7B #4E7B1C
analogous
#1C1F7B #491C7B #791C7B
triadic
#491C7B #7B491C #1C7B49
tetradic
#491C7B #7B1C1F #4E7B1C #1C7B79
square
#491C7B #7B1C1F #4E7B1C #1C7B79
split-complementary
#491C7B #7B791C #1F7B1C
monochromatic
#0F0619 #2B1149 #491C7B #6727AD #853ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10
#491C7B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74
#491C7B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C7B
12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491C7B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491C7B1.0012.101.7412.10
#FFFFFF12.101.0021.001.00
#0000001.7421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.101.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00367E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003579
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3D344A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.150 300.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815da2',
    500: '#491c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491c7b;
$custom-light: #815da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 62.914,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35082,
    "c": 0.15009,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491C7B
secondary
#7CAF44
accent
#E64298
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#EFE9F4
border
#CAC5CE
text
#0B040F
muted
#7C797F

Preview Lab

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#491C7B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva