#491659#491659

#491659 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.120 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491659
RGB	rgb(73, 22, 89)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(286, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 75.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.85, 35.08, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.85, 45.70, 320.14°)
OKLab	oklab(31.58% 0.088 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(31.58% 0.121 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.8375, 2.7118, 9.7179)
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

#491659 #265916

analogous

#281659 #491659 #591648

triadic

#491659 #594916 #165949

tetradic

#491659 #592816 #265916 #164859

square

#491659 #592816 #265916 #164859

split-complementary

#491659 #485916 #165928

monochromatic

#140619 #210A28 #491659 #71228A #992EBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.62

#491659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#491659 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491659

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491659	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)

#002B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 22, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.120 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5888',
    500: '#491659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491659;
$custom-light: #7e5888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.672,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31582,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491659

secondary

#4F903B

accent

#E4446A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491659

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

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