#491B57#491B57

#491B57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.111 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B57
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 87)
HSL	hsl(286, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(286, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 69%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.59, 32.16, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.59, 41.84, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(32.07% 0.0817 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(32.07% 0.111 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8596, 2.8886, 9.3166)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B57 #29571B

analogous

#2B1B57 #491B57 #571B47

triadic

#491B57 #57491B #1B5749

tetradic

#491B57 #572B1B #29571B #1B4757

square

#491B57 #572B1B #29571B #1B4757

split-complementary

#491B57 #47571B #1B572B

monochromatic

#140717 #220D28 #491B57 #702986 #9738B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.31

#491B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#491B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B57

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B57	1.00	13.31	1.58	13.31
#FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#072C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.111 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b87',
    500: '#491b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b57;
$custom-light: #7e5b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32071,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B57

secondary

#538D41

accent

#DC4C6D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B57

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

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