#491E9C#491E9C

#491E9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.185 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E9C
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 156)
HSL	hsl(260, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 80.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.00, 48.65, -60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.00, 77.55, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.064 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.185 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2109, 4.7449, 31.8766)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E9C #719C1E

analogous

#1E329C #491E9C #881E9C

triadic

#491E9C #9C491E #1E9C49

tetradic

#491E9C #9C1E32 #719C1E #1E9C88

square

#491E9C #9C1E32 #719C1E #1E9C88

split-complementary

#491E9C #9C881E #329C1E

monochromatic

#190A35 #311469 #491E9C #6128CF #8556DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#491E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#491E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E9C

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E9C	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.185 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560ba',
    500: '#491e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e9c;
$custom-light: #8560ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.476,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38422,
    "c": 0.18507,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E9C

secondary

#9CC254

accent

#EB3DAF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E9C

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

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