#491E97#491E97

#491E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.179 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E97
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 80.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.50, 47.28, -58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.50, 74.94, 309.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% 0.0657 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.179 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7963, 4.5790, 29.6925)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E97 #6C971E

analogous

#1E3097 #491E97 #851E97

triadic

#491E97 #97491E #1E9749

tetradic

#491E97 #971E30 #6C971E #1E9785

square

#491E97 #971E30 #6C971E #1E9785

split-complementary

#491E97 #97851E #30971E

monochromatic

#180A31 #301464 #491E97 #6228CA #8453DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#491E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#491E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E97

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E97	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.179 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560b7',
    500: '#491e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e97;
$custom-light: #8560b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.322,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37929,
    "c": 0.17949,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E97

secondary

#98C051

accent

#EA3EAD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E97

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

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