#491D96#491D96

#491D96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.179 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D96
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 80.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.25, 47.45, -57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.25, 74.89, 309.32°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% 0.0667 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.179 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6905, 4.4969, 29.2583)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D96 #6A961D

analogous

#1D2E96 #491D96 #851D96

triadic

#491D96 #96491D #1D9649

tetradic

#491D96 #961D2E #6A961D #1D9685

square

#491D96 #961D2E #6A961D #1D9685

split-complementary

#491D96 #96851D #2E961D

monochromatic

#17092F #301363 #491D96 #6227C9 #8350DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#491D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#491D96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D96

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D96	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.179 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fb6',
    500: '#491d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d96;
$custom-light: #855fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 67.598,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37725,
    "c": 0.17931,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D96

secondary

#97C04F

accent

#EA3DAC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D96

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

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