#491C87#491C87

#491C87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.164 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491C87
RGBrgb(73, 28, 135)
HSLhsl(265, 66%, 32%)
HSVhsv(265, 79%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(45.9%, 79.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LABlab(23.66, 43.85, -51.24)
CIE-LCHlch(23.66, 67.44, 310.56°)
OKLaboklab(36.18% 0.0722 -0.1468)
OKLCHoklch(36.18% 0.164 296.2)
XYZxyz(7.5349, 3.9961, 23.2913)
Luminance0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491C87 #5A871C
analogous
#1C2487 #491C87 #7F1C87
triadic
#491C87 #87491C #1C8749
tetradic
#491C87 #871C24 #5A871C #1C877F
square
#491C87 #871C24 #5A871C #1C877F
split-complementary
#491C87 #877F1C #24871C
monochromatic
#120722 #2E1154 #491C87 #6427BA #8345D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67
#491C87 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80
#491C87 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C87
11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491C87#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491C871.0011.671.8011.67
#FFFFFF11.671.0021.001.00
#0000001.8021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.671.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00398A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003785
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#383951
Achromatopsia (no color)
#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.164 296.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825eab',
    500: '#491c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491c87;
$custom-light: #825eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.234,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36178,
    "c": 0.16358,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491C87
secondary
#89BA45
accent
#E93FA1
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#EFE9F4
border
#CAC5CE
text
#0B0510
muted
#7C797F

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#491C87 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva