#491CA1#491CA1

#491CA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.192 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491CA1
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 161)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 82.6%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.21, 50.84, -63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.21, 81.02, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0636 -0.1815)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.192 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5941, 4.8197, 34.1361)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491CA1 #74A11C

analogous

#1C31A1 #491CA1 #8C1CA1

triadic

#491CA1 #A1491C #1CA149

tetradic

#491CA1 #A11C31 #74A11C #1CA18C

square

#491CA1 #A11C31 #74A11C #1CA18C

split-complementary

#491CA1 #A18C1C #31A11C

monochromatic

#1A0A39 #31136D #491CA1 #6125D5 #8556E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#491CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#491CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491CA1

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491CA1	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.192 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fbe',
    500: '#491ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491ca1;
$custom-light: #865fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.301,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38726,
    "c": 0.1923,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491CA1

secondary

#9FC554

accent

#ED3BB1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491CA1

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

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