#491F97#491F97

#491F97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.179 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F97
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 79.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, 46.84, -57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 74.46, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0649 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.179 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8220, 4.6305, 29.7011)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F97 #6D971F

analogous

#1F3197 #491F97 #851F97

triadic

#491F97 #97491F #1F9749

tetradic

#491F97 #971F31 #6D971F #1F9785

square

#491F97 #971F31 #6D971F #1F9785

split-complementary

#491F97 #97851F #31971F

monochromatic

#180A31 #301564 #491F97 #6229CA #8454DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#491F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#491F97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F97

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F97	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.179 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560b7',
    500: '#491f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f97;
$custom-light: #8560b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 65.934,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38036,
    "c": 0.17854,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F97

secondary

#99BF52

accent

#E93FAD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F97

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

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