#491C96#491C96

#491C96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.180 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C96
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 81.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.10, 47.88, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.10, 75.35, 309.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.0674 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.18 292)
XYZ	xyz(8.6664, 4.4487, 29.2503)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C96 #69961C

analogous

#1C2C96 #491C96 #861C96

triadic

#491C96 #96491C #1C9649

tetradic

#491C96 #961C2C #69961C #1C9686

square

#491C96 #961C2C #69961C #1C9686

split-complementary

#491C96 #96861C #2C961C

monochromatic

#17092F #301262 #491C96 #6226CA #834EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#491C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#491C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C96

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C96	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.180 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fb6',
    500: '#491c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c96;
$custom-light: #855fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.131,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37623,
    "c": 0.18024,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.04449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C96

secondary

#96C14D

accent

#EB3CAB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C96

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

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