#491F95#491F95

#491F95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.176 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F95
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 149)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 79.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.46, 46.29, -56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.46, 73.41, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37.84% 0.0655 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(37.84% 0.176 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6609, 4.5660, 28.8529)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F95 #6B951F

analogous

#1F3095 #491F95 #841F95

triadic

#491F95 #95491F #1F9549

tetradic

#491F95 #951F30 #6B951F #1F9584

square

#491F95 #951F30 #6B951F #1F9584

split-complementary

#491F95 #95841F #30951F

monochromatic

#170A30 #301462 #491F95 #622AC8 #8453DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#491F95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#491F95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F95

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F95	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.176 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460b5',
    500: '#491f95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f95;
$custom-light: #8460b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.356,
    "s": 65.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37842,
    "c": 0.17628,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F95

secondary

#98BF51

accent

#E93FAC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F95

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

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