#491A57#491A57

#491A57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.112 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A57
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 87)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(286, 70%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.41, 32.68, -27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.41, 42.43, 320.37°)
OKLab	oklab(31.94% 0.0831 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(31.94% 0.112 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8371, 2.8436, 9.3090)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A57 #28571A

analogous

#2B1A57 #491A57 #571A46

triadic

#491A57 #57491A #1A5749

tetradic

#491A57 #572B1A #28571A #1A4657

square

#491A57 #572B1A #28571A #1A4657

split-complementary

#491A57 #46571A #1A572B

monochromatic

#140718 #210C28 #491A57 #712886 #9836B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#491A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#491A57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A57

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A57	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.112 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5a87',
    500: '#491a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a57;
$custom-light: #7e5a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.23,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31936,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A57

secondary

#518D40

accent

#DD4A6C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A57

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

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