#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
RGBrgb(73, 29, 141)
HSLhsl(264, 66%, 33%)
HSVhsv(264, 79%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(48.2%, 79.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(24.38, 45.01, -53.80)
CIE-LCHlch(24.38, 70.15, 309.92°)
OKLaboklab(36.85% 0.0696 -0.1543)
OKLCHoklch(36.85% 0.169 294.3)
XYZxyz(7.9934, 4.2180, 25.5871)
Luminance0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##491D8D1.0011.391.8411.39
#FFFFFF11.391.0021.001.00
#0000001.8421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.391.0021.001.00

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

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#491D8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva