#491E9B#491E9B

#491E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.184 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E9B
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 80.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.90, 48.38, -59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.90, 77.03, 308.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.0644 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.184 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1266, 4.7112, 31.4324)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E9B #709B1E

analogous

#1E329B #491E9B #881E9B

triadic

#491E9B #9B491E #1E9B49

tetradic

#491E9B #9B1E32 #709B1E #1E9B88

square

#491E9B #9B1E32 #709B1E #1E9B88

split-complementary

#491E9B #9B881E #329B1E

monochromatic

#190A34 #311468 #491E9B #6128CE #8455DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#491E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#491E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E9B

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E9B	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.184 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560ba',
    500: '#491e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e9b;
$custom-light: #8560ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.64,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38323,
    "c": 0.18396,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E9B

secondary

#9CC253

accent

#EA3DAF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E9B

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

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