#491C90#491C90

#491C90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.174 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C90
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 144)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 80.6%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.51, 46.27, -55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.51, 72.21, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.0694 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.174 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1956, 4.2603, 26.7707)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.85

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C90 #63901C

analogous

#1C2990 #491C90 #831C90

triadic

#491C90 #90491C #1C9049

tetradic

#491C90 #901C29 #63901C #1C9083

square

#491C90 #901C29 #63901C #1C9083

split-complementary

#491C90 #90831C #29901C

monochromatic

#15082A #2F125D #491C90 #6326C3 #834ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#491C90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#491C90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C90

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C90	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.174 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845eb2',
    500: '#491c90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c90;
$custom-light: #845eb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.276,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37036,
    "c": 0.1736,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C90

secondary

#91BE4A

accent

#EA3DA7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C90

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

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