#491D94#491D94

#491D94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.177 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D94
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 148)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 80.4%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 46.91, -57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 73.84, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0674 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.177 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5308, 4.4330, 28.4174)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D94 #68941D

analogous

#1D2C94 #491D94 #851D94

triadic

#491D94 #94491D #1D9449

tetradic

#491D94 #941D2C #68941D #1D9485

square

#491D94 #941D2C #68941D #1D9485

split-complementary

#491D94 #94851D #2C941D

monochromatic

#17092E #301361 #491D94 #6227C7 #834FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#491D94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#491D94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D94

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D94	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.177 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fb4',
    500: '#491d94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d94;
$custom-light: #845fb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.185,
    "s": 67.232,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3753,
    "c": 0.17709,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D94

secondary

#95BF4E

accent

#EA3EAA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D94

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

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