#491CC9#491CC9

#491CC9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.235 H 282.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491CC9
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 201)
HSL	hsl(256, 76%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(256, 86%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 86.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 61.52, -79.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 100.73, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.0489 -0.2301)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.235 282)
XYZ	xyz(13.7022, 6.4630, 55.7724)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491CC9 #9CC91C

analogous

#1C45C9 #491CC9 #A01CC9

triadic

#491CC9 #C9491C #1CC949

tetradic

#491CC9 #C91C45 #9CC91C #1CC9A0

square

#491CC9 #C91C45 #9CC91C #1CC9A0

split-complementary

#491CC9 #C9A01C #45C91C

monochromatic

#220D5E #351593 #491CC9 #693EE4 #9374EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#491CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#491CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491CC9

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491CC9	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.235 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62db',
    500: '#491cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491cc9;
$custom-light: #8d62db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.607,
    "s": 75.546,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42973,
    "c": 0.23521,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.06464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491CC9

secondary

#B8D26E

accent

#F236C1

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #491CC9

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

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