#491E93#491E93

#491E93 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.175 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E93
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 147)
HSL	hsl(262, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 79.6%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.11, 46.19, -56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.11, 72.84, 309.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.54% 0.0669 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(37.54% 0.175 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4769, 4.4513, 28.0106)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E93 #68931E

analogous

#1E2E93 #491E93 #841E93

triadic

#491E93 #93491E #1E9349

tetradic

#491E93 #931E2E #68931E #1E9384

square

#491E93 #931E2E #68931E #1E9384

split-complementary

#491E93 #93841E #2E931E

monochromatic

#17092D #301460 #491E93 #6228C6 #8350DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#491E93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#491E93 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E93

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E93	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.175 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fb4',
    500: '#491e93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e93;
$custom-light: #845fb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.051,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37539,
    "c": 0.17501,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E93

secondary

#95BE4F

accent

#E93FAA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E93

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

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