#491EA7#491EA7

#491EA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.197 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491EA7
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 167)
HSL	hsl(259, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 82%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.11, 51.65, -65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.11, 83.21, 308.37°)
OKLab	oklab(39.53% 0.0603 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(39.53% 0.197 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1849, 5.1345, 37.0061)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491EA7 #7CA71E

analogous

#1E37A7 #491EA7 #8D1EA7

triadic

#491EA7 #A7491E #1EA749

tetradic

#491EA7 #A71E37 #7CA71E #1EA78D

square

#491EA7 #A71E37 #7CA71E #1EA78D

split-complementary

#491EA7 #A78D1E #37A71E

monochromatic

#1C0B3F #321573 #491EA7 #612AD9 #875DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#491EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#491EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491EA7

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491EA7	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.197 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761c2',
    500: '#491ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491ea7;
$custom-light: #8761c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.832,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39532,
    "c": 0.19723,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491EA7

secondary

#A4C65B

accent

#EC3BB5

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0EAF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0513

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #491EA7

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

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