#491E90#491E90

#491E90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.172 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E90
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 144)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 79.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 45.37, -54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 71.25, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.0678 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.172 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2446, 4.3584, 26.7870)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E90 #65901E

analogous

#1E2C90 #491E90 #821E90

triadic

#491E90 #90491E #1E9049

tetradic

#491E90 #901E2C #65901E #1E9082

square

#491E90 #901E2C #65901E #1E9082

split-complementary

#491E90 #90821E #2C901E

monochromatic

#16092B #2F135D #491E90 #6329C3 #834EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#491E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#491E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E90

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E90	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.172 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fb2',
    500: '#491e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e90;
$custom-light: #845fb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.632,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37251,
    "c": 0.17164,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E90

secondary

#93BD4D

accent

#E83FA9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E90

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

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