#491E8E#491E8E

#491E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.169 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E8E
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.63, 44.83, -54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.63, 70.19, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.0684 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.169 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0931, 4.2978, 25.9891)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.80

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E8E #638E1E

analogous

#1E2B8E #491E8E #811E8E

triadic

#491E8E #8E491E #1E8E49

tetradic

#491E8E #8E1E2B #638E1E #1E8E81

square

#491E8E #8E1E2B #638E1E #1E8E81

split-complementary

#491E8E #8E811E #2B8E1E

monochromatic

#150929 #2F135B #491E8E #6329C1 #834DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#491E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#491E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E8E

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E8E	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.169 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fb0',
    500: '#491e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e8e;
$custom-light: #835fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.036,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3706,
    "c": 0.16937,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E8E

secondary

#91BC4C

accent

#E840A7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E8E

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

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