#491A9E#491A9E

#491A9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.191 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A9E
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 158)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 83.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.63, 50.84, -62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.63, 80.34, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.23% 0.0659 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(38.23% 0.191 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2868, 4.6235, 32.7442)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A9E #6F9E1A

analogous

#1A2D9E #491A9E #8B1A9E

triadic

#491A9E #9E491A #1A9E49

tetradic

#491A9E #9E1A2D #6F9E1A #1A9E8B

square

#491A9E #9E1A2D #6F9E1A #1A9E8B

split-complementary

#491A9E #9E8B1A #2D9E1A

monochromatic

#180935 #311169 #491A9E #6123D3 #8450E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#491A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#491A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A9E

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A9E	1.00	10.91	1.92	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.191 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ebc',
    500: '#491a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a9e;
$custom-light: #865ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.364,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38234,
    "c": 0.19067,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A9E

secondary

#9BC54F

accent

#EE39AE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A9E

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

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