#491C8F#491C8F

#491C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.172 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C8F
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 143)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 80.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 46.00, -54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 71.68, 309.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% 0.0697 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.172 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1195, 4.2299, 26.3699)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C8F #628F1C

analogous

#1C298F #491C8F #821C8F

triadic

#491C8F #8F491C #1C8F49

tetradic

#491C8F #8F1C29 #628F1C #1C8F82

square

#491C8F #8F1C29 #628F1C #1C8F82

split-complementary

#491C8F #8F821C #298F1C

monochromatic

#150829 #2F125C #491C8F #6326C2 #834ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#491C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#491C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C8F

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C8F	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.172 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845eb1',
    500: '#491c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c8f;
$custom-light: #845eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 67.251,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36939,
    "c": 0.17249,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C8F

secondary

#90BE49

accent

#EA3EA7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C8F

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

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