#491159#491159

#491159 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.127 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491159
RGB	rgb(73, 17, 89)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(287, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 80.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.09, 37.23, -30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.09, 48.13, 320.67°)
OKLab	oklab(31.04% 0.0936 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(31.04% 0.127 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7510, 2.5388, 9.6890)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491159 #215911

analogous

#251159 #491159 #591145

triadic

#491159 #594911 #115949

tetradic

#491159 #592511 #215911 #114559

square

#491159 #592511 #215911 #114559

split-complementary

#491159 #455911 #115925

monochromatic

#15051A #1F0726 #491159 #731B8C #9D25C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.93

#491159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#491159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491159

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491159	1.00	13.93	1.51	13.93
#FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#132E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 17, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.127 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5688',
    500: '#491159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491159;
$custom-light: #7f5688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31043,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491159

secondary

#499234

accent

#EB3D64

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491159

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

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