#491A9F#491A9F

#491A9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.192 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A9F
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 159)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 83.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.74, 51.10, -62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.74, 80.85, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.34% 0.0656 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(38.34% 0.192 290)
XYZ	xyz(9.3732, 4.6580, 33.1994)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A9F #709F1A

analogous

#1A2E9F #491A9F #8C1A9F

triadic

#491A9F #9F491A #1A9F49

tetradic

#491A9F #9F1A2E #709F1A #1A9F8C

square

#491A9F #9F1A2E #709F1A #1A9F8C

split-complementary

#491A9F #9F8C1A #2E9F1A

monochromatic

#190936 #31116A #491A9F #6123D4 #8451E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#491A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#491A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A9F

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A9F	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.192 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ebd',
    500: '#491a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a9f;
$custom-light: #865ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.203,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38336,
    "c": 0.19175,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.04658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A9F

secondary

#9CC550

accent

#EF39AF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A9F

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

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