HEX Color #491DC5 (Blueviolet)

About #491DC5

At its core, #491DC5 is a medium and vivid hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Blueviolet. Its digital footprint relies on 73 parts red, 29 parts green, and 197 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 63% cyan and 85% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Contrast ratios determine whether this color is safe for typography. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#491DC5

RGB73, 29, 197

HSL255.7°, 74.3%, 44.3%

CMYK63%, 85%, 0%, 23%

HSV255.7°, 85.3%, 77.3%

LAB30.2, 60.1, -78.0

XYZ13.3, 6.3, 53.3

Decimal4791749

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#491DC5 #98C51D

Analogous

#1D44C5 #9D1DC5

Triadic

#C5491D #1DC549

Tetradic

#C51D44 #98C51D #1DC59D

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#491DC5

#5D36CB

#714FD1

#8568D8

#9981DE

#AE9AE5

#C2B3EB

#D6CCF2

#EAE5F8

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#491DC5

#4019AF

#381699

#301383

#28106D

#200C57

#180941

#10062B

#080315

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

9.27:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.27:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

8.86:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

1.93:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #491DC5; }

.text-color { color: #491DC5; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #491DC5; }

Similar Colors

Blueviolet

#8A2BE2