#491C95#491C95

#491C95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.179 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C95
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 149)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 81.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 47.61, -57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 74.83, 309.51°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.0678 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.179 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5862, 4.4166, 28.8280)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C95 #68951C

analogous

#1C2B95 #491C95 #861C95

triadic

#491C95 #95491C #1C9549

tetradic

#491C95 #951C2B #68951C #1C9586

square

#491C95 #951C2B #68951C #1C9586

split-complementary

#491C95 #95861C #2B951C

monochromatic

#17092E #301261 #491C95 #6226C9 #834EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#491C95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#491C95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C95

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C95	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.179 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fb5',
    500: '#491c95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c95;
$custom-light: #845fb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.314,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37524,
    "c": 0.17913,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C95

secondary

#95C04D

accent

#EB3DAA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C95

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

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