#491E8D#491E8D

#491E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.168 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E8D
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 78.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.54, 44.56, -53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.54, 69.65, 309.77°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.0687 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.168 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0183, 4.2679, 25.5954)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E8D #628D1E

analogous

#1E2B8D #491E8D #801E8D

triadic

#491E8D #8D491E #1E8D49

tetradic

#491E8D #8D1E2B #628D1E #1E8D80

square

#491E8D #8D1E2B #628D1E #1E8D80

split-complementary

#491E8D #8D801E #2B8D1E

monochromatic

#150928 #2F135B #491E8D #6329BF #834CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#491E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#491E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E8D

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E8D	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.168 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835faf',
    500: '#491e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e8d;
$custom-light: #835faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.243,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36965,
    "c": 0.16825,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E8D

secondary

#90BC4B

accent

#E840A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E8D

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

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