#491E81#491E81

#491E81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.155 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491E81
RGBrgb(73, 30, 129)
HSLhsl(266, 62%, 31%)
HSVhsv(266, 77%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(43.4%, 76.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LABlab(23.44, 41.31, -47.82)
CIE-LCHlch(23.44, 63.19, 310.82°)
OKLaboklab(35.85% 0.072 -0.1368)
OKLCHoklch(35.85% 0.155 297.8)
XYZxyz(7.1733, 3.9299, 21.1452)
Luminance0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491E81 #56811E
analogous
#1E2481 #491E81 #7A1E81
triadic
#491E81 #81491E #1E8149
tetradic
#491E81 #811E24 #56811E #1E817A
square
#491E81 #811E24 #56811E #1E817A
split-complementary
#491E81 #817A1E #24811E
monochromatic
#11071E #2D124F #491E81 #652AB3 #8346D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76
#491E81 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79
#491E81 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E81
11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491E81#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491E811.0011.761.7911.76
#FFFFFF11.761.0021.001.00
#0000001.7921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.761.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003884
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00377F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3B384E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.155 297.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825ea6',
    500: '#491e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491e81;
$custom-light: #825ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.061,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35855,
    "c": 0.1546,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491E81
secondary
#85B447
accent
#E5429F
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#EFE9F4
border
#CAC5CE
text
#0B050F
muted
#7C797F

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#491E81 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva