#491B4E#491B4E

#491B4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.101 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B4E
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 78)
HSL	hsl(294, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(294, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 65.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.02, 30.15, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.02, 37.09, 324.37°)
OKLab	oklab(31.47% 0.0814 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(31.47% 0.101 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.5146, 2.7506, 7.4994)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B4E #204E1B

analogous

#2F1B4E #491B4E #4E1B39

triadic

#491B4E #4E491B #1B4E49

tetradic

#491B4E #4E2F1B #204E1B #1B394E

square

#491B4E #4E2F1B #204E1B #1B394E

split-complementary

#491B4E #394E1B #1B4E2F

monochromatic

#150817 #1E0B21 #491B4E #742B7B #9E3AA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.55

#491B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#491B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B4E

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B4E	1.00	13.55	1.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#122B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23304D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.101 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b80',
    500: '#491b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b4e;
$custom-light: #7e5b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.118,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31467,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B4E

secondary

#488441

accent

#D8505D

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B4E

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