#491C9F#491C9F

#491C9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.190 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C9F
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 159)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 82.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.01, 50.31, -62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.01, 80.00, 308.96°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0643 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.19 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4191, 4.7497, 33.2147)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C9F #729F1C

analogous

#1C319F #491C9F #8B1C9F

triadic

#491C9F #9F491C #1C9F49

tetradic

#491C9F #9F1C31 #729F1C #1C9F8B

square

#491C9F #9F1C31 #729F1C #1C9F8B

split-complementary

#491C9F #9F8B1C #319F1C

monochromatic

#190A37 #31136B #491C9F #6125D3 #8554E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#491C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#491C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C9F

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C9F	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.190 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fbd',
    500: '#491c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c9f;
$custom-light: #865fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.611,
    "s": 70.053,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38523,
    "c": 0.19011,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C9F

secondary

#9DC453

accent

#ED3BB0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C9F

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

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