#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
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 140)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 79.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.28, 44.74, -53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.28, 69.62, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(36.76% 0.0699 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(36.76% 0.168 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9194, 4.1884, 25.1970)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##491D8C	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #491D8C

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

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