#491E96#491E96

#491E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.178 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E96
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 80%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 47.01, -57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 74.42, 309.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.066 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.178 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7154, 4.5467, 29.2666)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E96 #6B961E

analogous

#1E2F96 #491E96 #851E96

triadic

#491E96 #96491E #1E9649

tetradic

#491E96 #961E2F #6B961E #1E9685

square

#491E96 #961E2F #6B961E #1E9685

split-complementary

#491E96 #96851E #2F961E

monochromatic

#170A30 #301463 #491E96 #6228C9 #8452DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#491E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#491E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E96

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E96	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.178 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460b6',
    500: '#491e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e96;
$custom-light: #8460b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37831,
    "c": 0.17837,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E96

secondary

#98BF50

accent

#EA3EAC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E96

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

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