#491261#491261

#491261 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.134 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491261
RGB	rgb(73, 18, 97)
HSL	hsl(282, 69%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(282, 81%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 81.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.85, 38.62, -34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.85, 51.86, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(31.78% 0.0912 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(31.78% 0.134 313)
XYZ	xyz(5.1212, 2.7123, 11.5607)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491261 #2A6112

analogous

#211261 #491261 #611252

triadic

#491261 #614912 #126149

tetradic

#491261 #612112 #2A6112 #125261

square

#491261 #612112 #2A6112 #125261

split-complementary

#491261 #526112 #126121

monochromatic

#13051A #22082D #491261 #701C95 #9725C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.62

#491261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#491261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491261

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491261	1.00	13.62	1.54	13.62
#FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#082F5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 18, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.134 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f578e',
    500: '#491261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491261;
$custom-light: #7f578e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.772,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31777,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.02712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491261

secondary

#549936

accent

#EC3C72

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491261

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

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