#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
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.32, 45.73, -54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.32, 71.16, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.07 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.171 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0441, 4.1997, 25.9727)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##491C8E	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #491C8E

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

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