#491E94#491E94

#491E94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.176 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E94
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 148)
HSL	hsl(262, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 79.7%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.21, 46.47, -56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.21, 73.37, 309.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% 0.0666 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.176 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5557, 4.4828, 28.4257)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E94 #69941E

analogous

#1E2E94 #491E94 #841E94

triadic

#491E94 #94491E #1E9449

tetradic

#491E94 #941E2E #69941E #1E9484

square

#491E94 #941E2E #69941E #1E9484

split-complementary

#491E94 #94841E #2E941E

monochromatic

#17092E #301461 #491E94 #6228C7 #8351DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#491E94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#491E94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E94

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E94	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.176 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460b4',
    500: '#491e94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e94;
$custom-light: #8460b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.864,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37636,
    "c": 0.17613,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E94

secondary

#96BF4F

accent

#E93FAB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E94

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

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