#491B97#491B97

#491B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.182 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B97
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 82.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.06, 48.57, -58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.06, 76.32, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.0678 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.182 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7239, 4.4344, 29.6684)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B97 #69971B

analogous

#1B2B97 #491B97 #871B97

triadic

#491B97 #97491B #1B9749

tetradic

#491B97 #971B2B #69971B #1B9787

square

#491B97 #971B2B #69971B #1B9787

split-complementary

#491B97 #97871B #2B971B

monochromatic

#17082F #301263 #491B97 #6224CB #834DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#491B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#491B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B97

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B97	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.182 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855eb7',
    500: '#491b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b97;
$custom-light: #855eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.258,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37622,
    "c": 0.18223,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B97

secondary

#96C14C

accent

#EC3BAB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B97

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

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