#491D8F#491D8F

#491D8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.172 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D8F
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 143)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 79.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.57, 45.55, -54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.57, 71.21, 309.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.0689 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.172 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1436, 4.2781, 26.3780)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D8F #638F1D

analogous

#1D2A8F #491D8F #821D8F

triadic

#491D8F #8F491D #1D8F49

tetradic

#491D8F #8F1D2A #638F1D #1D8F82

square

#491D8F #8F1D2A #638F1D #1D8F82

split-complementary

#491D8F #8F821D #2A8F1D

monochromatic

#150829 #2F135C #491D8F #6327C2 #834CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#491D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#491D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D8F

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D8F	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.172 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fb1',
    500: '#491d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d8f;
$custom-light: #845fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.158,
    "s": 66.279,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37046,
    "c": 0.17151,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D8F

secondary

#91BD4B

accent

#E93FA7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D8F

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

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