#491E9E#491E9E

#491E9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.187 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E9E
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 81%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.20, 49.20, -61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.20, 78.59, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.62% 0.0634 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(38.62% 0.187 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3817, 4.8132, 32.7758)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E9E #739E1E

analogous

#1E339E #491E9E #891E9E

triadic

#491E9E #9E491E #1E9E49

tetradic

#491E9E #9E1E33 #739E1E #1E9E89

square

#491E9E #9E1E33 #739E1E #1E9E89

split-complementary

#491E9E #9E891E #339E1E

monochromatic

#190A37 #31146B #491E9E #6128D1 #8557DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#491E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#491E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E9E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E9E	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.187 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660bc',
    500: '#491e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e9e;
$custom-light: #8660bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.156,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38622,
    "c": 0.18729,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E9E

secondary

#9EC355

accent

#EB3DB0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E9E

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

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