#491C8B#491C8B

#491C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.168 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C8B
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.03, 44.92, -53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.03, 69.57, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.56% 0.071 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(36.56% 0.168 295)
XYZ	xyz(7.8218, 4.1108, 24.8024)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C8B #5E8B1C

analogous

#1C278B #491C8B #801C8B

triadic

#491C8B #8B491C #1C8B49

tetradic

#491C8B #8B1C27 #5E8B1C #1C8B80

square

#491C8B #8B1C27 #5E8B1C #1C8B80

split-complementary

#491C8B #8B801C #278B1C

monochromatic

#130725 #2E1258 #491C8B #6426BE #8347DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#491C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#491C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C8B

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C8B	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.168 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eae',
    500: '#491c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c8b;
$custom-light: #835eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.324,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36556,
    "c": 0.16805,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C8B

secondary

#8CBC47

accent

#E93EA4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C8B

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

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