#491A52#491A52

#491A52 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.107 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A52
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 82)
HSL	hsl(290, 52%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(290, 68%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 68.3%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.08, 31.55, -24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.08, 39.78, 322.48°)
OKLab	oklab(31.59% 0.0831 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(31.59% 0.107 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6399, 2.7647, 8.2702)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A52 #23521A

analogous

#2D1A52 #491A52 #521A3F

triadic

#491A52 #52491A #1A5249

tetradic

#491A52 #522D1A #23521A #1A3F52

square

#491A52 #522D1A #23521A #1A3F52

split-complementary

#491A52 #3F521A #1A522D

monochromatic

#150717 #200B24 #491A52 #722980 #9C37AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.52

#491A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#491A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A52

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A52	1.00	13.52	1.55	13.52
#FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C2B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2333

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.107 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5a83',
    500: '#491a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a52;
$custom-light: #7e5a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.357,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31591,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A52

secondary

#4B8840

accent

#DB4C63

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A52

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

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