#491857#491857

#491857 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.116 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491857
RGB	rgb(73, 24, 87)
HSL	hsl(287, 57%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.05, 33.67, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.05, 43.56, 320.63°)
OKLab	oklab(31.68% 0.0857 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(31.68% 0.116 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7943, 2.7581, 9.2948)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491857 #265718

analogous

#2A1857 #491857 #571846

triadic

#491857 #574918 #185749

tetradic

#491857 #572A18 #265718 #184657

square

#491857 #572A18 #265718 #184657

split-complementary

#491857 #465718 #18572A

monochromatic

#140718 #210B27 #491857 #712587 #9932B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.53

#491857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#491857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491857

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491857	1.00	13.53	1.55	13.53
#FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 24, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.116 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5987',
    500: '#491857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491857;
$custom-light: #7e5987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31678,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491857

secondary

#4F8E3D

accent

#E0486A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491857

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

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