#491F8D#491F8D

#491F8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.167 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F8D
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 78%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 44.09, -53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 69.15, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(37.08% 0.0679 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(37.08% 0.167 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.0440, 4.3193, 25.6040)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F8D #638D1F

analogous

#1F2C8D #491F8D #801F8D

triadic

#491F8D #8D491F #1F8D49

tetradic

#491F8D #8D1F2C #638D1F #1F8D80

square

#491F8D #8D1F2C #638D1F #1F8D80

split-complementary

#491F8D #8D801F #2C8D1F

monochromatic

#150929 #2F145B #491F8D #632ABF #834ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#491F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#491F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F8D

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F8D	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.167 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360af',
    500: '#491f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f8d;
$custom-light: #8360af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.909,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37078,
    "c": 0.1672,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.0432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F8D

secondary

#91BB4D

accent

#E741A8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F8D

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

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