#491D95#491D95

#491D95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.178 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D95
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 149)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 80.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.15, 47.18, -57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.15, 74.37, 309.38°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% 0.067 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.178 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6103, 4.4648, 28.8361)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D95 #69951D

analogous

#1D2D95 #491D95 #851D95

triadic

#491D95 #95491D #1D9549

tetradic

#491D95 #951D2D #69951D #1D9585

square

#491D95 #951D2D #69951D #1D9585

split-complementary

#491D95 #95851D #2D951D

monochromatic

#17092F #301362 #491D95 #6227C8 #8350DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#491D95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#491D95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D95

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D95	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.178 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fb5',
    500: '#491d95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d95;
$custom-light: #845fb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262,
    "s": 67.416,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37627,
    "c": 0.1782,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D95

secondary

#96C04E

accent

#EA3DAB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D95

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

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