#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
RGBrgb(73, 28, 140)
HSLhsl(264, 67%, 33%)
HSVhsv(264, 80%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(47.9%, 80%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(24.13, 45.19, -53.59)
CIE-LCHlch(24.13, 70.10, 310.14°)
OKLaboklab(36.65% 0.0707 -0.1537)
OKLCHoklch(36.65% 0.169 294.7)
XYZxyz(7.8952, 4.1402, 25.1890)
Luminance0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##491C8C1.0011.491.8311.49
#FFFFFF11.491.0021.001.00
#0000001.8321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.491.0021.001.00

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

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#491C8C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva