#491D8A#491D8A

#491D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.166 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D8A
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 138)
HSL	hsl(264, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 79%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.10, 44.20, -52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.10, 68.55, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.57% 0.0705 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(36.57% 0.166 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7732, 4.1300, 24.4274)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D8A #5E8A1D

analogous

#1D288A #491D8A #7F1D8A

triadic

#491D8A #8A491D #1D8A49

tetradic

#491D8A #8A1D28 #5E8A1D #1D8A7F

square

#491D8A #8A1D28 #5E8A1D #1D8A7F

split-complementary

#491D8A #8A7F1D #288A1D

monochromatic

#130825 #2E1257 #491D8A #6428BD #8349D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#491D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#491D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D8A

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D8A	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.166 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ead',
    500: '#491d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d8a;
$custom-light: #835ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.22,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3657,
    "c": 0.16591,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D8A

secondary

#8CBB48

accent

#E840A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D8A

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

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