#491960#491960

#491960 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.124 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491960
RGB	rgb(73, 25, 96)
HSL	hsl(281, 59%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 74%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.87, 35.28, -32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.87, 47.84, 317.52°)
OKLab	oklab(32.47% 0.0837 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(32.47% 0.124 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2062, 2.9564, 11.3605)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491960 #306019

analogous

#251960 #491960 #601953

triadic

#491960 #604919 #196049

tetradic

#491960 #602519 #306019 #195360

square

#491960 #602519 #306019 #195360

split-complementary

#491960 #536019 #196025

monochromatic

#120618 #240C2F #491960 #6E2691 #9332C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#491960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#491960 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491960

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491960	1.00	13.20	1.59	13.20
#FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12315E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 25, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.124 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a8e',
    500: '#491960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491960;
$custom-light: #7f5a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.563,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32473,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491960

secondary

#5B963F

accent

#E24678

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491960

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

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