#491F9E#491F9E

#491F9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.186 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F9E
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 80.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.35, 48.76, -61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.35, 78.13, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0627 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.186 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4074, 4.8646, 32.7844)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F9E #749E1F

analogous

#1F349E #491F9E #891F9E

triadic

#491F9E #9E491F #1F9E49

tetradic

#491F9E #9E1F34 #749E1F #1F9E89

square

#491F9E #9E1F34 #749E1F #1F9E89

split-complementary

#491F9E #9E891F #349E1F

monochromatic

#1A0B38 #31156B #491F9E #6129D1 #8559DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#491F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#491F9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F9E

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F9E	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.186 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661bc',
    500: '#491f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f9e;
$custom-light: #8661bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.843,
    "s": 67.196,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38725,
    "c": 0.18639,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F9E

secondary

#9FC256

accent

#EA3EB1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F9E

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

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