#491EA1#491EA1

#491EA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.191 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491EA1
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 161)
HSL	hsl(260, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 81.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.50, 50.01, -62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.50, 80.14, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% 0.0624 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.191 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6431, 4.9178, 34.1524)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491EA1 #76A11E

analogous

#1E34A1 #491EA1 #8B1EA1

triadic

#491EA1 #A1491E #1EA149

tetradic

#491EA1 #A11E34 #76A11E #1EA18B

square

#491EA1 #A11E34 #76A11E #1EA18B

split-complementary

#491EA1 #A18B1E #34A11E

monochromatic

#1A0B3A #32146D #491EA1 #6028D5 #8659E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#491EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#491EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491EA1

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491EA1	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.191 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660be',
    500: '#491ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491ea1;
$custom-light: #8660be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.695,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38923,
    "c": 0.19062,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491EA1

secondary

#A0C457

accent

#EB3CB2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491EA1

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

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