#491F9C#491F9C

#491F9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.184 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F9C
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 156)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 80%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 80.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.15, 48.21, -60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.15, 77.08, 308.71°)
OKLab	oklab(38.53% 0.0633 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(38.53% 0.184 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2367, 4.7963, 31.8851)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F9C #729C1F

analogous

#1F349C #491F9C #881F9C

triadic

#491F9C #9C491F #1F9C49

tetradic

#491F9C #9C1F34 #729C1F #1F9C88

square

#491F9C #9C1F34 #729C1F #1F9C88

split-complementary

#491F9C #9C881F #349C1F

monochromatic

#190B36 #311569 #491F9C #6129CF #8558DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#491F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#491F9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F9C

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F9C	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.184 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561ba',
    500: '#491f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f9c;
$custom-light: #8561ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.16,
    "s": 66.845,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38527,
    "c": 0.18415,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F9C

secondary

#9DC155

accent

#EA3EB0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F9C

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

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