#491B5D#491B5D

#491B5D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.118 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B5D
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 93)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 71%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.01, 33.57, -30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.01, 45.09, 318.12°)
OKLab	oklab(32.5% 0.0815 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(32.5% 0.118 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1150, 2.9908, 10.6616)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B5D #2F5D1B

analogous

#281B5D #491B5D #5D1B50

triadic

#491B5D #5D491B #1B5D49

tetradic

#491B5D #5D281B #2F5D1B #1B505D

square

#491B5D #5D281B #2F5D1B #1B505D

split-complementary

#491B5D #505D1B #1B5D28

monochromatic

#130718 #240D2E #491B5D #6E298C #9337BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.14

#491B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#491B5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B5D

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B5D	1.00	13.14	1.60	13.14
#FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18315B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.118 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b8b',
    500: '#491b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b5d;
$custom-light: #7e5b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32503,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B5D

secondary

#5A9341

accent

#DE4977

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B5D

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

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