#491D8E#491D8E

#491D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.170 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D8E
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 79.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.47, 45.28, -54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.47, 70.68, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.0693 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.17 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.0682, 4.2479, 25.9808)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D8E #628E1D

analogous

#1D298E #491D8E #811D8E

triadic

#491D8E #8E491D #1D8E49

tetradic

#491D8E #8E1D29 #628E1D #1D8E81

square

#491D8E #8E1D29 #628E1D #1D8E81

split-complementary

#491D8E #8E811D #298E1D

monochromatic

#150828 #2F135B #491D8E #6327C1 #834BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#491D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#491D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D8E

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D8E	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.170 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fb0',
    500: '#491d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d8e;
$custom-light: #835fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.363,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3695,
    "c": 0.17039,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.04248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D8E

secondary

#90BD4A

accent

#E93FA7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D8E

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

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