#491D5C#491D5C

#491D5C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.113 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D5C
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 92)
HSL	hsl(282, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 68.5%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.31, 32.29, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.31, 43.36, 318.12°)
OKLab	oklab(32.7% 0.0789 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(32.7% 0.113 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1185, 3.0681, 10.4457)
Luminance	0.0307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D5C #305C1D

analogous

#291D5C #491D5C #5C1D4F

triadic

#491D5C #5C491D #1D5C49

tetradic

#491D5C #5C291D #305C1D #1D4F5C

square

#491D5C #5C291D #305C1D #1D4F5C

split-complementary

#491D5C #4F5C1D #1D5C29

monochromatic

#120717 #240E2D #491D5C #6E2C8B #933AB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.01

#491D5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#491D5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D5C

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D5C	1.00	13.01	1.61	13.01
#FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B325B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.113 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5c8a',
    500: '#491d5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d5c;
$custom-light: #7e5c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.905,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32702,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D5C

secondary

#5B9144

accent

#DC4C77

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D5C

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

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