#491C8D#491C8D

#491C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.170 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C8D
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 80.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.23, 45.46, -54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.23, 70.63, 310.06°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.0704 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.17 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9693, 4.1698, 25.5791)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C8D #608D1C

analogous

#1C278D #491C8D #811C8D

triadic

#491C8D #8D491C #1C8D49

tetradic

#491C8D #8D1C27 #608D1C #1C8D81

square

#491C8D #8D1C27 #608D1C #1C8D81

split-complementary

#491C8D #8D811C #278D1C

monochromatic

#140827 #2F125A #491C8D #6326C0 #8349DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#491C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#491C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C8D

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C8D	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.170 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eaf',
    500: '#491c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c8d;
$custom-light: #835eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.894,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36747,
    "c": 0.17027,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C8D

secondary

#8EBD48

accent

#EA3EA5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C8D

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

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