#491E49#491E49

#491E49 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.090 H 327.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E49
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 73)
HSL	hsl(300, 42%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(300, 59%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.33, 27.43, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.33, 32.64, 327.16°)
OKLab	oklab(31.61% 0.0763 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(31.61% 0.09 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.4145, 2.8263, 6.6151)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E49 #1E491E

analogous

#331E49 #491E49 #491E33

triadic

#491E49 #49491E #1E4949

tetradic

#491E49 #49331E #1E491E #1E3349

square

#491E49 #49331E #1E491E #1E3349

split-complementary

#491E49 #33491E #1E4933

monochromatic

#160916 #1E0C1E #491E49 #743074 #A042A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#491E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#491E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E49

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E49	1.00	13.42	1.57	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2330

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.090 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5c7c',
    500: '#491e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e49;
$custom-light: #7d5c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 41.748,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31605,
    "c": 0.09047,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E49

secondary

#457E45

accent

#D25656

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E49

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