#491F8C#491F8C

#491F8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.166 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F8C
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 77.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.61, 43.82, -52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.61, 68.62, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.0682 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.166 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9700, 4.2897, 25.2139)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F8C #628C1F

analogous

#1F2B8C #491F8C #7F1F8C

triadic

#491F8C #8C491F #1F8C49

tetradic

#491F8C #8C1F2B #628C1F #1F8C7F

square

#491F8C #8C1F2B #628C1F #1F8C7F

split-complementary

#491F8C #8C7F1F #2B8C1F

monochromatic

#150928 #2F145A #491F8C #632ABE #834ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#491F8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#491F8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F8C

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F8C	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.166 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360af',
    500: '#491f8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f8c;
$custom-light: #8360af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.119,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36985,
    "c": 0.16606,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F8C

secondary

#90BB4C

accent

#E741A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F8C

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

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