#491A4E#491A4E

#491A4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.103 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A4E
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 78)
HSL	hsl(294, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(294, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.82, 30.67, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.82, 37.70, 324.46°)
OKLab	oklab(31.33% 0.0829 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(31.33% 0.103 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.4921, 2.7056, 7.4919)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A4E #1F4E1A

analogous

#2F1A4E #491A4E #4E1A39

triadic

#491A4E #4E491A #1A4E49

tetradic

#491A4E #4E2F1A #1F4E1A #1A394E

square

#491A4E #4E2F1A #1F4E1A #1A394E

split-complementary

#491A4E #394E1A #1A4E2F

monochromatic

#150817 #1E0B20 #491A4E #74297C #9F39AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#491A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#491A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A4E

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A4E	1.00	13.63	1.54	13.63
#FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#112A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22304D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.103 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5a80',
    500: '#491a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a4e;
$custom-light: #7e5a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.231,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31327,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A4E

secondary

#468440

accent

#DA4E5C

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A4E

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

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