#491959#491959

#491959 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.116 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491959
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 89)
HSL	hsl(285, 56%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 71.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.36, 33.64, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.36, 44.07, 319.76°)
OKLab	oklab(31.95% 0.0843 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(31.95% 0.116 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8982, 2.8332, 9.7381)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491959 #295919

analogous

#291959 #491959 #591949

triadic

#491959 #594919 #195949

tetradic

#491959 #592919 #295919 #194959

square

#491959 #592919 #295919 #194959

split-complementary

#491959 #495919 #195929

monochromatic

#140718 #220C29 #491959 #702689 #9734B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.40

#491959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#491959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491959

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491959	1.00	13.40	1.57	13.40
#FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.116 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5a88',
    500: '#491959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491959;
$custom-light: #7e5a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31949,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491959

secondary

#538F3E

accent

#DF486E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491959

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

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