#491EA0#491EA0

#491EA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.190 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491EA0
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 160)
HSL	hsl(260, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 81.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.40, 49.74, -62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.40, 79.62, 308.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.82% 0.0627 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(38.82% 0.19 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5552, 4.8826, 33.6898)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491EA0 #75A01E

analogous

#1E34A0 #491EA0 #8A1EA0

triadic

#491EA0 #A0491E #1EA049

tetradic

#491EA0 #A01E34 #75A01E #1EA08A

square

#491EA0 #A01E34 #75A01E #1EA08A

split-complementary

#491EA0 #A08A1E #34A01E

monochromatic

#1A0B39 #31146C #491EA0 #6128D4 #8559E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#491EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#491EA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491EA0

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491EA0	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.190 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660bd',
    500: '#491ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491ea0;
$custom-light: #8660bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.846,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38822,
    "c": 0.18951,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491EA0

secondary

#9FC456

accent

#EB3DB1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491EA0

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

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