#491F8E#491F8E

#491F8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.168 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F8E
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 78.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.79, 44.37, -53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.79, 69.69, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.17% 0.0676 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(37.17% 0.168 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1188, 4.3492, 25.9976)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.92

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F8E #648E1F

analogous

#1F2C8E #491F8E #811F8E

triadic

#491F8E #8E491F #1F8E49

tetradic

#491F8E #8E1F2C #648E1F #1F8E81

square

#491F8E #8E1F2C #648E1F #1F8E81

split-complementary

#491F8E #8E811F #2C8E1F

monochromatic

#15092A #2F145C #491F8E #632AC0 #834FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#491F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#491F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F8E

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F8E	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.168 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360b0',
    500: '#491f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f8e;
$custom-light: #8360b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.703,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37173,
    "c": 0.16834,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F8E

secondary

#92BB4D

accent

#E741A8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F8E

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

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