#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
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 82)
HSL	hsl(290, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(290, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 67.1%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.27, 31.03, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.27, 39.18, 322.37°)
OKLab	oklab(31.73% 0.0817 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(31.73% 0.105 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6624, 2.8098, 8.2778)
Luminance	0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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
##491B52	1.00	13.44	1.56	13.44
#FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B52

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

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