#491B60#491B60

#491B60 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.121 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B60
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 96)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 71.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.22, 34.29, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.22, 46.73, 317.21°)
OKLab	oklab(32.73% 0.0813 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(32.73% 0.121 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2505, 3.0450, 11.3752)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.18

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B60 #32601B

analogous

#271B60 #491B60 #601B55

triadic

#491B60 #60491B #1B6049

tetradic

#491B60 #60271B #32601B #1B5560

square

#491B60 #60271B #32601B #1B5560

split-complementary

#491B60 #55601B #1B6027

monochromatic

#120718 #250E30 #491B60 #6D2890 #9236C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.05

#491B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#491B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B60

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B60	1.00	13.05	1.61	13.05
#FFFFFF	13.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14325E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.121 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b8e',
    500: '#491b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b60;
$custom-light: #7e5b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32727,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B60

secondary

#5D9641

accent

#DF487B

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B60

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

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