#491C5E#491C5E

#491C5E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.117 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C5E
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 94)
HSL	hsl(281, 54%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.26, 33.29, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.26, 45.05, 317.65°)
OKLab	oklab(32.71% 0.0801 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(32.71% 0.117 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1829, 3.0553, 10.9042)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C5E #315E1C

analogous

#281C5E #491C5E #5E1C52

triadic

#491C5E #5E491C #1C5E49

tetradic

#491C5E #5E281C #315E1C #1C525E

square

#491C5E #5E281C #315E1C #1C525E

split-complementary

#491C5E #525E1C #1C5E28

monochromatic

#120718 #240E2F #491C5E #6E2A8D #9238BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.04

#491C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#491C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C5E

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C5E	1.00	13.04	1.61	13.04
#FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18325C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47293A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.117 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5c8c',
    500: '#491c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c5e;
$custom-light: #7e5c8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3271,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C5E

secondary

#5C9342

accent

#DD4A79

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C5E

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

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