#491F96#491F96

#491F96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.177 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F96
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 150)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.56, 46.56, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.56, 73.94, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.0652 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.177 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7411, 4.5981, 29.2752)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F96 #6C961F

analogous

#1F3196 #491F96 #841F96

triadic

#491F96 #96491F #1F9649

tetradic

#491F96 #961F31 #6C961F #1F9684

square

#491F96 #961F31 #6C961F #1F9684

split-complementary

#491F96 #96841F #31961F

monochromatic

#180A31 #301563 #491F96 #6229C9 #8454DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#491F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#491F96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F96

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F96	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.177 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460b6',
    500: '#491f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f96;
$custom-light: #8460b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 65.746,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37939,
    "c": 0.1774,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F96

secondary

#98BF52

accent

#E93FAD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F96

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

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