#491A5A#491A5A

#491A5A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.116 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A5A
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 90)
HSL	hsl(284, 55%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 71.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.61, 33.37, -28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.61, 44.04, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(32.15% 0.083 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(32.15% 0.116 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.9622, 2.8936, 9.9680)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A5A #2B5A1A

analogous

#291A5A #491A5A #5A1A4B

triadic

#491A5A #5A491A #1A5A49

tetradic

#491A5A #5A291A #2B5A1A #1A4B5A

square

#491A5A #5A291A #2B5A1A #1A4B5A

split-complementary

#491A5A #4B5A1A #1A5A29

monochromatic

#130718 #220C2B #491A5A #702889 #9635B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#491A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#491A5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A5A

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A5A	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.116 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b89',
    500: '#491a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a5a;
$custom-light: #7e5b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.063,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32151,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A5A

secondary

#559040

accent

#DF4971

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A5A

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

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