#491E8B#491E8B

#491E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.166 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491E8B
RGBrgb(73, 30, 139)
HSLhsl(264, 64%, 33%)
HSVhsv(264, 78%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(47.5%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(24.35, 44.01, -52.60)
CIE-LCHlch(24.35, 68.59, 309.92°)
OKLaboklab(36.78% 0.0693 -0.1508)
OKLCHoklch(36.78% 0.166 294.7)
XYZxyz(7.8709, 4.2089, 24.8188)
Luminance0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491E8B #608B1E
analogous
#1E298B #491E8B #7F1E8B
triadic
#491E8B #8B491E #1E8B49
tetradic
#491E8B #8B1E29 #608B1E #1E8B7F
square
#491E8B #8B1E29 #608B1E #1E8B7F
split-complementary
#491E8B #8B7F1E #298B1E
monochromatic
#140826 #2F1359 #491E8B #6329BD #834BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40
#491E8B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84
#491E8B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E8B
11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491E8B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491E8B1.0011.401.8411.40
#FFFFFF11.401.0021.001.00
#0000001.8421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.401.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003B8E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003889
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#363C54
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.166 294.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fae',
    500: '#491e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491e8b;
$custom-light: #835fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.67,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36776,
    "c": 0.16599,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491E8B
secondary
#8EBB4A
accent
#E740A6
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#F0E9F4
border
#CBC5CE
text
#0B0510
muted
#7C797F

Preview Lab

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#491E8B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva