#491D8C#491D8C

#491D8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.168 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491D8C
RGBrgb(73, 29, 140)
HSLhsl(264, 66%, 33%)
HSVhsv(264, 79%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(47.9%, 79.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(24.28, 44.74, -53.33)
CIE-LCHlch(24.28, 69.62, 309.99°)
OKLaboklab(36.76% 0.0699 -0.1529)
OKLCHoklch(36.76% 0.168 294.5)
XYZxyz(7.9194, 4.1884, 25.1970)
Luminance0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491D8C #608C1D
analogous
#1D288C #491D8C #801D8C
triadic
#491D8C #8C491D #1D8C49
tetradic
#491D8C #8C1D28 #608C1D #1D8C80
square
#491D8C #8C1D28 #608C1D #1D8C80
split-complementary
#491D8C #8C801D #288C1D
monochromatic
#140827 #2F1259 #491D8C #6328BF #834AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43
#491D8C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84
#491D8C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D8C
11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491D8C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491D8C1.0011.431.8411.43
#FFFFFF11.431.0021.001.00
#0000001.8421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.431.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003B8F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00388A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#353C54
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491d8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.168 294.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835faf',
    500: '#491d8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491d8c;
$custom-light: #835faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491d8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.784,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36759,
    "c": 0.16815,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491D8C
secondary
#8EBC49
accent
#E93FA5
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#F0E9F5
border
#CBC5CF
text
#0B0510
muted
#7C797F

Preview Lab

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#491D8C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva