#491B54#491B54

#491B54 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.108 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B54
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 84)
HSL	hsl(288, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(288, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 67.9%, 0%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.39, 31.48, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.39, 40.24, 321.47°)
OKLab	oklab(31.86% 0.0817 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(31.86% 0.108 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7396, 2.8406, 8.6844)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B54 #26541B

analogous

#2D1B54 #491B54 #541B43

triadic

#491B54 #54491B #1B5449

tetradic

#491B54 #542D1B #26541B #1B4354

square

#491B54 #542D1B #26541B #1B4354

split-complementary

#491B54 #43541B #1B542D

monochromatic

#140717 #210C26 #491B54 #712A82 #9939B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#491B54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#491B54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B54

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B54	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C2C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492434

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.108 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b84',
    500: '#491b54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b54;
$custom-light: #7e5b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.421,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31863,
    "c": 0.10758,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B54

secondary

#4F8A41

accent

#DB4D68

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B54

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

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