#491B59#491B59

#491B59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.113 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B59
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 89)
HSL	hsl(285, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 69.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.73, 32.63, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.73, 42.92, 319.48°)
OKLab	oklab(32.21% 0.0817 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(32.21% 0.113 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9425, 2.9218, 9.7529)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B59 #2B591B

analogous

#2A1B59 #491B59 #591B4A

triadic

#491B59 #59491B #1B5949

tetradic

#491B59 #592A1B #2B591B #1B4A59

square

#491B59 #592A1B #2B591B #1B4A59

split-complementary

#491B59 #4A591B #1B592A

monochromatic

#130717 #220D2A #491B59 #702988 #9637B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.25

#491B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#491B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B59

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B59	1.00	13.25	1.58	13.25
#FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042D5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.113 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b88',
    500: '#491b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b59;
$custom-light: #7e5b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.516,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32212,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B59

secondary

#558F41

accent

#DD4B71

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B59

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

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