#491FA1#491FA1

#491FA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.190 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491FA1
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 161)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 80.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.65, 49.58, -62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.65, 79.68, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.0617 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.19 289)
XYZ	xyz(9.6688, 4.9692, 34.1610)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491FA1 #77A11F

analogous

#1F36A1 #491FA1 #8A1FA1

triadic

#491FA1 #A1491F #1FA149

tetradic

#491FA1 #A11F36 #77A11F #1FA18A

square

#491FA1 #A11F36 #77A11F #1FA18A

split-complementary

#491FA1 #A18A1F #36A11F

monochromatic

#1A0B3A #32156E #491FA1 #6029D4 #865BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#491FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#491FA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491FA1

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491FA1	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.190 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661be',
    500: '#491fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491fa1;
$custom-light: #8661be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.385,
    "s": 67.708,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39025,
    "c": 0.18974,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.0497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491FA1

secondary

#A1C458

accent

#EB3DB3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491FA1

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

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