#491C8C#491C8C

#491C8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.169 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C8C
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 140)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 80%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.13, 45.19, -53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.13, 70.10, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.0707 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.169 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8952, 4.1402, 25.1890)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C8C #5F8C1C

analogous

#1C278C #491C8C #811C8C

triadic

#491C8C #8C491C #1C8C49

tetradic

#491C8C #8C1C27 #5F8C1C #1C8C81

square

#491C8C #8C1C27 #5F8C1C #1C8C81

split-complementary

#491C8C #8C811C #278C1C

monochromatic

#140826 #2E1259 #491C8C #6426BF #8348DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#491C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#491C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C8C

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C8C	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.169 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eaf',
    500: '#491c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c8c;
$custom-light: #835eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.107,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36651,
    "c": 0.16916,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C8C

secondary

#8DBC48

accent

#EA3EA5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C8C

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

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