#491C8E#491C8E

#491C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.171 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491C8E
RGBrgb(73, 28, 142)
HSLhsl(264, 67%, 33%)
HSVhsv(264, 80%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(48.6%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(24.32, 45.73, -54.52)
CIE-LCHlch(24.32, 71.16, 309.99°)
OKLaboklab(36.84% 0.07 -0.1564)
OKLCHoklch(36.84% 0.171 294.1)
XYZxyz(8.0441, 4.1997, 25.9727)
Luminance0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491C8E #618E1C
analogous
#1C288E #491C8E #821C8E
triadic
#491C8E #8E491C #1C8E49
tetradic
#491C8E #8E1C28 #618E1C #1C8E82
square
#491C8E #8E1C28 #618E1C #1C8E82
split-complementary
#491C8E #8E821C #288E1C
monochromatic
#140828 #2F125B #491C8E #6326C1 #8349DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41
#491C8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84
#491C8E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C8E
11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491C8E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491C8E1.0011.411.8411.41
#FFFFFF11.411.0021.001.00
#0000001.8421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.411.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003B91
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00388C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#343C55
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.171 294.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835eb0',
    500: '#491c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491c8e;
$custom-light: #835eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36843,
    "c": 0.17138,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491C8E
secondary
#8FBD49
accent
#EA3EA6
background
#F8F5FB
surface
#F0E9F6
border
#CBC5D0
text
#0C0511
muted
#7D7980

Preview Lab

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#491C8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva