#491558#491558

#491558 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.121 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491558
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 88)
HSL	hsl(287, 61%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(287, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 76.1%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.62, 35.31, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.62, 45.69, 320.61°)
OKLab	oklab(31.39% 0.0893 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(31.39% 0.121 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7770, 2.6576, 9.4920)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 5.76

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491558 #245815

analogous

#281558 #491558 #581546

triadic

#491558 #584915 #155849

tetradic

#491558 #582815 #245815 #154658

square

#491558 #582815 #245815 #154658

split-complementary

#491558 #465815 #155828

monochromatic

#140619 #200927 #491558 #722189 #9B2DBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.71

#491558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#491558 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491558

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491558	1.00	13.71	1.53	13.71
#FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.121 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5887',
    500: '#491558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491558;
$custom-light: #7e5887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.567,
    "s": 61.468,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31392,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491558

secondary

#4D9039

accent

#E54367

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491558

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

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