#491F94#491F94

#491F94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.175 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F94
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 148)
HSL	hsl(262, 65%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 79%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 79.1%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 46.01, -56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 72.88, 309.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.75% 0.0658 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(37.75% 0.175 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5814, 4.5342, 28.4343)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F94 #6A941F

analogous

#1F3094 #491F94 #831F94

triadic

#491F94 #94491F #1F9449

tetradic

#491F94 #941F30 #6A941F #1F9483

square

#491F94 #941F30 #6A941F #1F9483

split-complementary

#491F94 #94831F #30941F

monochromatic

#170A2F #301461 #491F94 #622AC7 #8353DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#491F94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#491F94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F94

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F94	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.175 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460b4',
    500: '#491f94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f94;
$custom-light: #8460b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 65.363,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37746,
    "c": 0.17516,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F94

secondary

#97BE51

accent

#E83FAC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F94

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

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