#491E52#491E52

#491E52 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.100 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E52
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 82)
HSL	hsl(290, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(290, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 63.4%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.86, 29.40, -22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.86, 37.32, 321.99°)
OKLab	oklab(32.16% 0.0773 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(32.16% 0.1 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7347, 2.9544, 8.3019)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E52 #27521E

analogous

#2F1E52 #491E52 #521E41

triadic

#491E52 #52491E #1E5249

tetradic

#491E52 #522F1E #27521E #1E4152

square

#491E52 #522F1E #27521E #1E4152

split-complementary

#491E52 #41521E #1E522F

monochromatic

#140816 #210E25 #491E52 #712E7F #993FAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#491E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#491E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E52

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E52	1.00	13.20	1.59	13.20
#FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#132D54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2634

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.100 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5d83',
    500: '#491e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e52;
$custom-light: #7d5d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.615,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32161,
    "c": 0.1003,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E52

secondary

#508745

accent

#D65269

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E52

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

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