#491E9D#491E9D

#491E9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.186 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E9D
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 157)
HSL	hsl(260, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 80.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, 48.92, -60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 78.07, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0637 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.186 290)
XYZ	xyz(9.2960, 4.7789, 32.3244)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E9D #729D1E

analogous

#1E339D #491E9D #891E9D

triadic

#491E9D #9D491E #1E9D49

tetradic

#491E9D #9D1E33 #729D1E #1E9D89

square

#491E9D #9D1E33 #729D1E #1E9D89

split-complementary

#491E9D #9D891E #339D1E

monochromatic

#190A36 #31146A #491E9D #6128D0 #8557DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#491E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#491E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E9D

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E9D	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.186 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660bb',
    500: '#491e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e9d;
$custom-light: #8660bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.315,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38522,
    "c": 0.18618,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.04779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E9D

secondary

#9DC254

accent

#EB3DB0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E9D

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

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