#491759#491759

#491759 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.119 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491759
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 89)
HSL	hsl(285, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 74.2%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.02, 34.61, -29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.02, 45.17, 320.02°)
OKLab	oklab(31.7% 0.0868 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(31.7% 0.119 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8570, 2.7507, 9.7244)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491759 #275917

analogous

#281759 #491759 #591748

triadic

#491759 #594917 #175949

tetradic

#491759 #592817 #275917 #174859

square

#491759 #592817 #275917 #174859

split-complementary

#491759 #485917 #175928

monochromatic

#140618 #210A28 #491759 #71248A #9930BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.55

#491759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#491759 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491759

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491759	1.00	13.55	1.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.119 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5988',
    500: '#491759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491759;
$custom-light: #7e5988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.455,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31701,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491759

secondary

#50903C

accent

#E2466C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491759

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

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