#491C97#491C97

#491C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.181 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C97
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 81.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.20, 48.15, -58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.20, 75.87, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% 0.0671 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.181 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7472, 4.4810, 29.6762)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C97 #6A971C

analogous

#1C2D97 #491C97 #861C97

triadic

#491C97 #97491C #1C9749

tetradic

#491C97 #971C2D #6A971C #1C9786

square

#491C97 #971C2D #6A971C #1C9786

split-complementary

#491C97 #97861C #2D971C

monochromatic

#170930 #301263 #491C97 #6226CB #834FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#491C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#491C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C97

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C97	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.181 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fb7',
    500: '#491c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c97;
$custom-light: #855fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.951,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37722,
    "c": 0.18134,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C97

secondary

#97C14E

accent

#EC3CAB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C97

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

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