#491EA8#491EA8

#491EA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.198 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491EA8
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 168)
HSL	hsl(259, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 82.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.22, 51.92, -65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.22, 83.72, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(39.64% 0.0599 -0.189)
OKLCH	oklch(39.64% 0.198 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2777, 5.1716, 37.4949)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491EA8 #7DA81E

analogous

#1E38A8 #491EA8 #8E1EA8

triadic

#491EA8 #A8491E #1EA849

tetradic

#491EA8 #A81E38 #7DA81E #1EA88E

square

#491EA8 #A81E38 #7DA81E #1EA88E

split-complementary

#491EA8 #A88E1E #38A81E

monochromatic

#1C0B40 #321574 #491EA8 #612AD9 #875EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#491EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#491EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491EA8

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491EA8	1.00	10.32	2.03	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.198 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761c3',
    500: '#491ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491ea8;
$custom-light: #8761c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.696,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39635,
    "c": 0.19832,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491EA8

secondary

#A5C75B

accent

#ED3BB5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0513

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #491EA8

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

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