#491CA9#491CA9

#491CA9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.201 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491CA9
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 169)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 83.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.05, 53.00, -66.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.05, 85.08, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(39.55% 0.0608 -0.1916)
OKLCH	oklch(39.55% 0.201 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3222, 5.1110, 37.9710)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491CA9 #7CA91C

analogous

#1C35A9 #491CA9 #8F1CA9

triadic

#491CA9 #A9491C #1CA949

tetradic

#491CA9 #A91C35 #7CA91C #1CA98F

square

#491CA9 #A91C35 #7CA91C #1CA98F

split-complementary

#491CA9 #A98F1C #35A91C

monochromatic

#1C0B40 #321374 #491CA9 #6127DB #875BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#491CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#491CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491CA9

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491CA9	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.201 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860c4',
    500: '#491ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491ca9;
$custom-light: #8860c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39549,
    "c": 0.20101,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491CA9

secondary

#A4C859

accent

#EE39B5

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0EAF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0513

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #491CA9

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

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