#491A42#491A42

#491A42 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.091 H 333.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A42
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 66)
HSL	hsl(309, 47%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(309, 64%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 9.6%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.14, 28.21, -14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.14, 31.84, 332.39°)
OKLab	oklab(30.6% 0.0814 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(30.6% 0.091 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.1004, 2.5489, 5.4292)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A42 #1A4921

analogous

#391A49 #491A42 #491A2B

triadic

#491A42 #42491A #1A4249

tetradic

#491A42 #49391A #1A4921 #1A2B49

square

#491A42 #49391A #1A4921 #1A2B49

split-complementary

#491A42 #2B491A #1A4939

monochromatic

#170814 #1C0A19 #491A42 #762A6B #A33A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.91

#491A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#491A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A42

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A42	1.00	13.91	1.51	13.91
#FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#192843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#282F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1D2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.091 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5a76',
    500: '#491a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a42;
$custom-light: #7d5a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.936,
    "s": 47.475,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30603,
    "c": 0.09075,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A42

secondary

#407F49

accent

#D76551

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9ED

border

#C9C5C8

text

#0A0408

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A42

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

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