#491C94#491C94

#491C94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.178 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C94
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 148)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 81.1%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 47.34, -57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 74.31, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.0681 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.178 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5067, 4.3848, 28.4094)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C94 #67941C

analogous

#1C2B94 #491C94 #851C94

triadic

#491C94 #94491C #1C9449

tetradic

#491C94 #941C2B #67941C #1C9485

square

#491C94 #941C2B #67941C #1C9485

split-complementary

#491C94 #94851C #2B941C

monochromatic

#16092D #301261 #491C94 #6226C7 #834DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#491C94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#491C94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C94

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C94	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.178 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fb4',
    500: '#491c94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c94;
$custom-light: #845fb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37426,
    "c": 0.17803,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C94

secondary

#94C04C

accent

#EB3DAA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C94

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

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