#491A5B#491A5B

#491A5B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.117 H 315.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A5B
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 91)
HSL	hsl(283, 56%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(283, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.68, 33.60, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.68, 44.58, 318.92°)
OKLab	oklab(32.22% 0.0829 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(32.22% 0.117 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0051, 2.9108, 10.1937)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A5B #2C5B1A

analogous

#281A5B #491A5B #5B1A4C

triadic

#491A5B #5B491A #1A5B49

tetradic

#491A5B #5B281A #2C5B1A #1A4C5B

square

#491A5B #5B281A #2C5B1A #1A4C5B

split-complementary

#491A5B #4C5B1A #1A5B28

monochromatic

#130718 #230C2B #491A5B #6F288B #9535BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#491A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#491A5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A5B

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A5B	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.117 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b8a',
    500: '#491a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a5b;
$custom-light: #7e5b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.385,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32224,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A5B

secondary

#569140

accent

#DF4972

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A5B

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

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