#491CA0#491CA0

#491CA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.191 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491CA0
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 160)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 82.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 50.57, -62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 80.51, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.064 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.191 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5062, 4.7846, 33.6735)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491CA0 #73A01C

analogous

#1C31A0 #491CA0 #8B1CA0

triadic

#491CA0 #A0491C #1CA049

tetradic

#491CA0 #A01C31 #73A01C #1CA08B

square

#491CA0 #A01C31 #73A01C #1CA08B

split-complementary

#491CA0 #A08B1C #31A01C

monochromatic

#190A38 #31136C #491CA0 #6125D4 #8555E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#491CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#491CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491CA0

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491CA0	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.191 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fbd',
    500: '#491ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491ca0;
$custom-light: #865fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.455,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38625,
    "c": 0.19121,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491CA0

secondary

#9EC453

accent

#ED3BB0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491CA0

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

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