#491B4D#491B4D

#491B4D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.100 H 324.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B4D
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 77)
HSL	hsl(295, 48%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(295, 65%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 64.9%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.96, 29.93, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.96, 36.58, 324.91°)
OKLab	oklab(31.4% 0.0814 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(31.4% 0.1 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.4790, 2.7364, 7.3120)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B4D #1F4D1B

analogous

#301B4D #491B4D #4D1B38

triadic

#491B4D #4D491B #1B4D49

tetradic

#491B4D #4D301B #1F4D1B #1B384D

square

#491B4D #4D301B #1F4D1B #1B384D

split-complementary

#491B4D #384D1B #1B4D30

monochromatic

#150817 #1E0B20 #491B4D #742B7A #9F3BA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#491B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#491B4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B4D

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B4D	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#132A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23304C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.100 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b7f',
    500: '#491b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b4d;
$custom-light: #7e5b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.2,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31403,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B4D

secondary

#468341

accent

#D8505B

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B4D

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

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