#491D7D#491D7D

#491D7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.151 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491D7D
RGBrgb(73, 29, 125)
HSLhsl(268, 62%, 30%)
HSVhsv(268, 77%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(41.6%, 76.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(22.92, 40.72, -46.14)
CIE-LCHlch(22.92, 61.54, 311.42°)
OKLaboklab(35.38% 0.074 -0.1318)
OKLCHoklch(35.38% 0.151 299.3)
XYZxyz(6.8878, 3.7758, 19.7640)
Luminance0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491D7D #517D1D
analogous
#1D217D #491D7D #791D7D
triadic
#491D7D #7D491D #1D7D49
tetradic
#491D7D #7D1D21 #517D1D #1D7D79
square
#491D7D #7D1D21 #517D1D #1D7D79
split-complementary
#491D7D #7D791D #217D1D
monochromatic
#0F061A #2C114B #491D7D #6629AF #8441D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96
#491D7D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76
#491D7D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D7D
11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491D7D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491D7D1.0011.961.7611.96
#FFFFFF11.961.0021.001.00
#0000001.7621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.961.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003780
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00367B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3D364B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.151 299.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ea3',
    500: '#491d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491d7d;
$custom-light: #815ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 62.338,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35378,
    "c": 0.15119,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491D7D
secondary
#7FB145
accent
#E5429B
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#EFE9F4
border
#CAC5CE
text
#0B050F
muted
#7C797F

Preview Lab

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#491D7D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva