#491561#491561

#491561 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.130 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491561
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(281, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.29, 37.37, -33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.29, 50.46, 317.78°)
OKLab	oklab(32.09% 0.0881 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(32.09% 0.13 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1731, 2.8160, 11.5780)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491561 #2D6115

analogous

#231561 #491561 #611553

triadic

#491561 #614915 #156149

tetradic

#491561 #612315 #2D6115 #155361

square

#491561 #612315 #2D6115 #155361

split-complementary

#491561 #536115 #156123

monochromatic

#130519 #230A2F #491561 #6F2093 #952BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#491561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#491561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491561

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491561	1.00	13.43	1.56	13.43
#FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C305F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.130 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f588e',
    500: '#491561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491561;
$custom-light: #7f588e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32087,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491561

secondary

#57983A

accent

#E74075

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491561

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

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