#491A49#491A49

#491A49 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.098 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A49
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 73)
HSL	hsl(300, 47%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(300, 64%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.53, 29.61, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.53, 35.17, 327.36°)
OKLab	oklab(31.01% 0.0824 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(31.01% 0.098 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.3196, 2.6366, 6.5834)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A49 #1A491A

analogous

#321A49 #491A49 #491A32

triadic

#491A49 #49491A #1A4949

tetradic

#491A49 #49321A #1A491A #1A3249

square

#491A49 #49321A #1A491A #1A3249

split-complementary

#491A49 #32491A #1A4932

monochromatic

#170817 #1C0A1C #491A49 #762A76 #A33AA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#491A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#491A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A49

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A49	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15294A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B202E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.098 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5a7c',
    500: '#491a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a49;
$custom-light: #7e5a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 47.475,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31012,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A49

secondary

#407F40

accent

#D75151

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A49

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

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