#491DAD#491DAD

#491DAD is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.205 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491DAD
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 173)
HSL	hsl(258, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 83.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, 53.68, -68.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 86.67, 308.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.06% 0.0588 -0.196)
OKLCH	oklch(40.06% 0.205 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7276, 5.3117, 39.9870)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491DAD #81AD1D

analogous

#1D39AD #491DAD #911DAD

triadic

#491DAD #AD491D #1DAD49

tetradic

#491DAD #AD1D39 #81AD1D #1DAD91

square

#491DAD #AD1D39 #81AD1D #1DAD91

split-complementary

#491DAD #AD911D #39AD1D

monochromatic

#1D0B44 #331479 #491DAD #612CDC #8860E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#491DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#491DAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491DAD

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491DAD	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#164A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.205 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8861c7',
    500: '#491dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491dad;
$custom-light: #8861c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.333,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40057,
    "c": 0.20459,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491DAD

secondary

#A8C95D

accent

#EE3AB7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0513

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #491DAD

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

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