#491D8D#491D8D

#491D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.169 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D8D
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 79.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.38, 45.01, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.38, 70.15, 309.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.0696 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.169 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9934, 4.2180, 25.5871)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D8D #618D1D

analogous

#1D298D #491D8D #811D8D

triadic

#491D8D #8D491D #1D8D49

tetradic

#491D8D #8D1D29 #618D1D #1D8D81

square

#491D8D #8D1D29 #618D1D #1D8D81

split-complementary

#491D8D #8D811D #298D1D

monochromatic

#140827 #2F135A #491D8D #6327C0 #834BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#491D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#491D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D8D

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D8D	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.169 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835faf',
    500: '#491d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d8d;
$custom-light: #835faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36854,
    "c": 0.16927,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D8D

secondary

#8FBC4A

accent

#E93FA6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D8D

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

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