#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
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 44.01, -52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 68.59, 309.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0693 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.166 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8709, 4.2089, 24.8188)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##491E8B	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #491E8B

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

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