#491AA1#491AA1

#491AA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.194 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491AA1
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 161)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 84%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 83.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.95, 51.63, -63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.95, 81.86, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0648 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.194 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5482, 4.7280, 34.1208)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491AA1 #72A11A

analogous

#1A2EA1 #491AA1 #8D1AA1

triadic

#491AA1 #A1491A #1AA149

tetradic

#491AA1 #A11A2E #72A11A #1AA18D

square

#491AA1 #A11A2E #72A11A #1AA18D

split-complementary

#491AA1 #A18D1A #2EA11A

monochromatic

#190938 #31116C #491AA1 #6123D6 #8552E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#491AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#491AA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491AA1

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491AA1	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.194 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fbe',
    500: '#491aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491aa1;
$custom-light: #865fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.889,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38541,
    "c": 0.19391,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491AA1

secondary

#9DC651

accent

#EF39B0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491AA1

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

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