#491B52#491B52

#491B52 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.105 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491B52
RGBrgb(73, 27, 82)
HSLhsl(290, 50%, 21%)
HSVhsv(290, 67%, 32%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 67.1%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LABlab(19.27, 31.03, -23.92)
CIE-LCHlch(19.27, 39.18, 322.37°)
OKLaboklab(31.73% 0.0817 -0.0666)
OKLCHoklch(31.73% 0.105 320.8)
XYZxyz(4.6624, 2.8098, 8.2778)
Luminance0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491B52 #24521B
analogous
#2E1B52 #491B52 #521B40
triadic
#491B52 #52491B #1B5249
tetradic
#491B52 #522E1B #24521B #1B4052
square
#491B52 #522E1B #24521B #1B4052
split-complementary
#491B52 #40521B #1B522E
monochromatic
#140817 #200C24 #491B52 #722A80 #9B39AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.44
#491B52 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56
#491B52 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B52
13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491B52#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491B521.0013.441.5613.44
#FFFFFF13.441.0021.001.00
#0000001.5621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF13.441.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0E2B54
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#203051
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4A2433
Achromatopsia (no color)
#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.105 320.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b83',
    500: '#491b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491b52;
$custom-light: #7e5b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.182,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31728,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491B52
secondary
#4D8841
accent
#DA4E65
background
#F7F5F8
surface
#EEE9EF
border
#C9C5CA
text
#0A040A
muted
#7C797C

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#491B52 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva