#491F8F#491F8F

#491F8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.169 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F8F
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 143)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 78.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.89, 44.64, -54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.89, 70.22, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0673 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.169 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1942, 4.3793, 26.3948)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.04

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F8F #658F1F

analogous

#1F2D8F #491F8F #811F8F

triadic

#491F8F #8F491F #1F8F49

tetradic

#491F8F #8F1F2D #658F1F #1F8F81

square

#491F8F #8F1F2D #658F1F #1F8F81

split-complementary

#491F8F #8F811F #2D8F1F

monochromatic

#16092A #2F145D #491F8F #632AC1 #834FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#491F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#491F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F8F

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F8F	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.169 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360b1',
    500: '#491f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f8f;
$custom-light: #8360b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 64.368,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37267,
    "c": 0.16948,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F8F

secondary

#93BC4E

accent

#E740A9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F8F

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

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