#491A53#491A53

#491A53 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.108 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A53
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 83)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(289, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 68.7%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.14, 31.77, -24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.14, 40.30, 322.03°)
OKLab	oklab(31.66% 0.0831 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(31.66% 0.108 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6782, 2.7800, 8.4721)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A53 #24531A

analogous

#2D1A53 #491A53 #531A41

triadic

#491A53 #53491A #1A5349

tetradic

#491A53 #532D1A #24531A #1A4153

square

#491A53 #532D1A #24531A #1A4153

split-complementary

#491A53 #41531A #1A532D

monochromatic

#140717 #200B24 #491A53 #722982 #9B37B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.50

#491A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#491A53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A53

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A53	1.00	13.50	1.56	13.50
#FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B2B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492334

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.108 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5a84',
    500: '#491a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a53;
$custom-light: #7e5a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.474,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31659,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A53

secondary

#4D8940

accent

#DC4C65

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A53

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

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