#491C86#491C86

#491C86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.162 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491C86
RGBrgb(73, 28, 134)
HSLhsl(265, 65%, 32%)
HSVhsv(265, 79%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(45.5%, 79.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LABlab(23.57, 43.58, -50.76)
CIE-LCHlch(23.57, 66.90, 310.65°)
OKLaboklab(36.08% 0.0725 -0.1454)
OKLCHoklch(36.08% 0.162 296.5)
XYZxyz(7.4648, 3.9680, 22.9222)
Luminance0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491C86 #59861C
analogous
#1C2486 #491C86 #7E1C86
triadic
#491C86 #86491C #1C8649
tetradic
#491C86 #861C24 #59861C #1C867E
square
#491C86 #861C24 #59861C #1C867E
split-complementary
#491C86 #867E1C #24861C
monochromatic
#120721 #2D1153 #491C86 #6527B9 #8344D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71
#491C86 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79
#491C86 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C86
11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491C86#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491C861.0011.711.7911.71
#FFFFFF11.711.0021.001.00
#0000001.7921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.711.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003989
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003784
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#383950
Achromatopsia (no color)
#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.162 296.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825eaa',
    500: '#491c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491c86;
$custom-light: #825eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.472,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36084,
    "c": 0.16246,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491C86
secondary
#88B945
accent
#E83FA1
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#EFE9F4
border
#CAC5CE
text
#0B0510
muted
#7C797F

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#491C86 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva