#491259#491259

#491259 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.126 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491259
RGB	rgb(73, 18, 89)
HSL	hsl(286, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(286, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 79.8%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.23, 36.83, -30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.23, 47.68, 320.57°)
OKLab	oklab(31.14% 0.0925 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(31.14% 0.126 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7669, 2.5706, 9.6943)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491259 #225912

analogous

#251259 #491259 #591245

triadic

#491259 #594912 #125949

tetradic

#491259 #592512 #225912 #124559

square

#491259 #592512 #225912 #124559

split-complementary

#491259 #455912 #125925

monochromatic

#150519 #1F0826 #491259 #731C8C #9D27BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#491259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#491259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491259

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491259	1.00	13.87	1.51	13.87
#FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#142E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 18, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.126 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5688',
    500: '#491259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491259;
$custom-light: #7f5688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.479,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31144,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491259

secondary

#4A9235

accent

#E93F65

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491259

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

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