#491B58#491B58

#491B58 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.112 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B58
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 88)
HSL	hsl(285, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 69.3%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.66, 32.39, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.66, 42.38, 319.85°)
OKLab	oklab(32.14% 0.0817 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(32.14% 0.112 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9008, 2.9051, 9.5332)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B58 #2A581B

analogous

#2B1B58 #491B58 #581B48

triadic

#491B58 #58491B #1B5849

tetradic

#491B58 #582B1B #2A581B #1B4858

square

#491B58 #582B1B #2A581B #1B4858

split-complementary

#491B58 #48581B #1B582B

monochromatic

#130717 #220D29 #491B58 #702987 #9738B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.28

#491B58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#491B58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B58

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B58	1.00	13.28	1.58	13.28
#FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#062D5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.112 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b87',
    500: '#491b58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b58;
$custom-light: #7e5b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.246,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32141,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B58

secondary

#548E41

accent

#DC4B6F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B58

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

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