#491A97#491A97

#491A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.183 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A97
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 151)
HSL	hsl(263, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 82.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 48.97, -59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 76.75, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0685 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.183 292)
XYZ	xyz(8.7014, 4.3893, 29.6609)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A97 #68971A

analogous

#1A2A97 #491A97 #881A97

triadic

#491A97 #97491A #1A9749

tetradic

#491A97 #971A2A #68971A #1A9788

square

#491A97 #971A2A #68971A #1A9788

split-complementary

#491A97 #97881A #2A971A

monochromatic

#17082F #301163 #491A97 #6223CB #834BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#491A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#491A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A97

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A97	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.183 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855eb7',
    500: '#491a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a97;
$custom-light: #855eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.56,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37526,
    "c": 0.18309,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.0439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A97

secondary

#95C24B

accent

#ED3AAA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A97

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

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