#491B4F#491B4F

#491B4F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.102 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B4F
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 79)
HSL	hsl(293, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(293, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 65.8%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.08, 30.36, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.08, 37.61, 323.84°)
OKLab	oklab(31.53% 0.0815 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(31.53% 0.102 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.5507, 2.7651, 7.6896)
Luminance	0.0277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B4F #214F1B

analogous

#2F1B4F #491B4F #4F1B3B

triadic

#491B4F #4F491B #1B4F49

tetradic

#491B4F #4F2F1B #214F1B #1B3B4F

square

#491B4F #4F2F1B #214F1B #1B3B4F

split-complementary

#491B4F #3B4F1B #1B4F2F

monochromatic

#150817 #1F0B21 #491B4F #732B7D #9D3AAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.52

#491B4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#491B4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B4F

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B4F	1.00	13.52	1.55	13.52
#FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#112B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22304E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.102 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b80',
    500: '#491b4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b4f;
$custom-light: #7e5b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.077,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31531,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B4F

secondary

#498541

accent

#D94F5F

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B4F

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