#491A58#491A58

#491A58 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.114 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A58
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 88)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 70.5%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.47, 32.91, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.47, 42.96, 319.99°)
OKLab	oklab(32.01% 0.083 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(32.01% 0.114 317)
XYZ	xyz(4.8782, 2.8600, 9.5257)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A58 #29581A

analogous

#2A1A58 #491A58 #581A48

triadic

#491A58 #58491A #1A5849

tetradic

#491A58 #582A1A #29581A #1A4858

square

#491A58 #582A1A #29581A #1A4858

split-complementary

#491A58 #48581A #1A582A

monochromatic

#140718 #220C29 #491A58 #702887 #9736B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.36

#491A58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#491A58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A58

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A58	1.00	13.36	1.57	13.36
#FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.114 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5a87',
    500: '#491a58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a58;
$custom-light: #7e5a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.484,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32007,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.0286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A58

secondary

#538E40

accent

#DE4A6E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A58

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

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