#491E8C#491E8C

#491E8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.167 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E8C
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 78.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 44.29, -53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 69.12, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.069 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.167 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9443, 4.2382, 25.2053)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E8C #618C1E

analogous

#1E2A8C #491E8C #801E8C

triadic

#491E8C #8C491E #1E8C49

tetradic

#491E8C #8C1E2A #618C1E #1E8C80

square

#491E8C #8C1E2A #618C1E #1E8C80

split-complementary

#491E8C #8C801E #2A8C1E

monochromatic

#140827 #2F135A #491E8C #6329BE #834CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#491E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#491E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E8C

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E8C	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.167 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835faf',
    500: '#491e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e8c;
$custom-light: #835faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3687,
    "c": 0.16711,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E8C

secondary

#8FBB4B

accent

#E840A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E8C

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

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