#491E5B#491E5B

#491E5B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.111 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E5B
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 91)
HSL	hsl(282, 50%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 67%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.44, 31.51, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.44, 42.20, 318.30°)
OKLab	oklab(32.77% 0.0775 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(32.77% 0.111 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0999, 3.1005, 10.2253)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E5B #305B1E

analogous

#2A1E5B #491E5B #5B1E4E

triadic

#491E5B #5B491E #1E5B49

tetradic

#491E5B #5B2A1E #305B1E #1E4E5B

square

#491E5B #5B2A1E #305B1E #1E4E5B

split-complementary

#491E5B #4E5B1E #1E5B2A

monochromatic

#120817 #240F2D #491E5B #6E2D89 #933CB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#491E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#491E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E5B

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E5B	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#082F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C325A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.111 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5d8a',
    500: '#491e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e5b;
$custom-light: #7e5d8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.295,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32772,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E5B

secondary

#5B9045

accent

#DA4E77

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E5B

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

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