#491DA8#491DA8

#491DA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.199 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491DA8
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 168)
HSL	hsl(259, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 82.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.08, 52.33, -65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.08, 84.15, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(39.54% 0.0605 -0.1897)
OKLCH	oklch(39.54% 0.199 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2528, 5.1218, 37.4866)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491DA8 #7CA81D

analogous

#1D36A8 #491DA8 #8E1DA8

triadic

#491DA8 #A8491D #1DA849

tetradic

#491DA8 #A81D36 #7CA81D #1DA88E

square

#491DA8 #A81D36 #7CA81D #1DA88E

split-complementary

#491DA8 #A88E1D #36A81D

monochromatic

#1C0B40 #321474 #491DA8 #6128DA #875CE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#491DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#491DA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491DA8

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491DA8	1.00	10.37	2.02	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.199 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760c3',
    500: '#491da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491da8;
$custom-light: #8760c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.993,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39539,
    "c": 0.19914,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491DA8

secondary

#A4C75A

accent

#ED3AB5

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0EAF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0513

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #491DA8

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

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