#491C4E#491C4E

#491C4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.099 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C4E
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 78)
HSL	hsl(294, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(294, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 64.1%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.21, 29.61, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.21, 36.47, 324.27°)
OKLab	oklab(31.61% 0.08 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(31.61% 0.099 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.5379, 2.7973, 7.5072)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C4E #214E1C

analogous

#301C4E #491C4E #4E1C3A

triadic

#491C4E #4E491C #1C4E49

tetradic

#491C4E #4E301C #214E1C #1C3A4E

square

#491C4E #4E301C #214E1C #1C3A4E

split-complementary

#491C4E #3A4E1C #1C4E30

monochromatic

#150817 #1F0C21 #491C4E #732C7B #9D3CA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#491C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#491C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C4E

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C4E	1.00	13.47	1.56	13.47
#FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#142B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23304D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.099 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5b80',
    500: '#491c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c4e;
$custom-light: #7d5b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3161,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C4E

secondary

#498442

accent

#D7515E

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C4E

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