#491D4E#491D4E

#491D4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.098 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D4E
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 78)
HSL	hsl(294, 46%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(294, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 62.8%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.41, 29.06, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.41, 35.84, 324.17°)
OKLab	oklab(31.76% 0.0785 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(31.76% 0.098 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.5620, 2.8455, 7.5152)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D4E #224E1D

analogous

#301D4E #491D4E #4E1D3A

triadic

#491D4E #4E491D #1D4E49

tetradic

#491D4E #4E301D #224E1D #1D3A4E

square

#491D4E #4E301D #224E1D #1D3A4E

split-complementary

#491D4E #3A4E1D #1D4E30

monochromatic

#150816 #1F0C21 #491D4E #732E7B #9D3EA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#491D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#491D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D4E

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D4E	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#152C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24314D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2432

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.098 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5c80',
    500: '#491d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d4e;
$custom-light: #7d5c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.878,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31757,
    "c": 0.09763,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D4E

secondary

#4A8344

accent

#D55260

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D4E

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