#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
RGBrgb(73, 28, 201)
HSLhsl(256, 76%, 45%)
HSVhsv(256, 86%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(63.7%, 86.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(30.55, 61.52, -79.76)
CIE-LCHlch(30.55, 100.73, 307.64°)
OKLaboklab(42.97% 0.0489 -0.2301)
OKLCHoklch(42.97% 0.235 282)
XYZxyz(13.7022, 6.4630, 55.7724)
Luminance0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##491CC91.009.162.299.16
#FFFFFF9.161.0021.001.00
#0000002.2921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.161.0021.001.00

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

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#491CC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva