#491E8F#491E8F

#491E8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.171 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E8F
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 143)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 79%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.73, 45.10, -54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.73, 70.72, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(37.16% 0.0681 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(37.16% 0.171 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1685, 4.3279, 26.3863)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.93

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E8F #648F1E

analogous

#1E2C8F #491E8F #821E8F

triadic

#491E8F #8F491E #1E8F49

tetradic

#491E8F #8F1E2C #648F1E #1E8F82

square

#491E8F #8F1E2C #648F1E #1E8F82

split-complementary

#491E8F #8F821E #2C8F1E

monochromatic

#15092A #2F135C #491E8F #6329C2 #834EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#491E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#491E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E8F

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E8F	1.00	11.26	1.87	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.171 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fb1',
    500: '#491e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e8f;
$custom-light: #835fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.832,
    "s": 65.318,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37155,
    "c": 0.17051,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E8F

secondary

#92BC4C

accent

#E840A8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E8F

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

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