#491B5E#491B5E

#491B5E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.119 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#491B5E
RGBrgb(73, 27, 94)
HSLhsl(281, 55%, 24%)
HSVhsv(281, 71%, 37%)
CMYKcmyk(22.3%, 71.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LABlab(20.08, 33.81, -30.65)
CIE-LCHlch(20.08, 45.64, 317.81°)
OKLaboklab(32.58% 0.0814 -0.0863)
OKLCHoklch(32.58% 0.119 313.3)
XYZxyz(5.1596, 3.0086, 10.8964)
Luminance0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#491B5E #305E1B
analogous
#271B5E #491B5E #5E1B51
triadic
#491B5E #5E491B #1B5E49
tetradic
#491B5E #5E271B #305E1B #1B515E
square
#491B5E #5E271B #305E1B #1B515E
split-complementary
#491B5E #515E1B #1B5E27
monochromatic
#120718 #240D2E #491B5E #6E298E #9336BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.11
#491B5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60
#491B5E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B5E
13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##491B5E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##491B5E1.0013.111.6013.11
#FFFFFF13.111.0021.001.00
#0000001.6021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF13.111.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#002E60
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#17325C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#47283A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #491b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.119 313.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b8c',
    500: '#491b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #491b5e;
$custom-light: #7e5b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#491b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.194,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32577,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#491B5E
secondary
#5B9441
accent
#DF4978
background
#F7F5F8
surface
#EEE9F0
border
#C9C5CB
text
#0A040C
muted
#7C797D

Preview Lab

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#491B5E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva