#491F81#491F81

#491F81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.153 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491F81
RGBrgb(73, 31, 129)
HSLhsl(266, 61%, 31%)
HSVhsv(266, 76%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(43.4%, 76%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LABlab(23.61, 40.82, -47.54)
CIE-LCHlch(23.61, 62.66, 310.65°)
OKLaboklab(35.98% 0.0711 -0.136)
OKLCHoklch(35.98% 0.153 297.6)
XYZxyz(7.1991, 3.9813, 21.1538)
Luminance0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491F81 #57811F
analogous
#1F2681 #491F81 #7A1F81
triadic
#491F81 #81491F #1F8149
tetradic
#491F81 #811F26 #57811F #1F817A
square
#491F81 #811F26 #57811F #1F817A
split-complementary
#491F81 #817A1F #26811F
monochromatic
#11071E #2D1350 #491F81 #652BB2 #8347D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69
#491F81 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80
#491F81 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F81
11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491F81#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491F811.0011.691.8011.69
#FFFFFF11.691.0021.001.00
#0000001.8021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.691.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003884
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00377F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3B384E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.153 297.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815fa6',
    500: '#491f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491f81;
$custom-light: #815fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 61.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35976,
    "c": 0.15342,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491F81
secondary
#86B448
accent
#E4439F
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#EFE9F4
border
#CAC5CE
text
#0B050F
muted
#7C797F

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#491F81 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva