#491E5D#491E5D

#491E5D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.113 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E5D
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 93)
HSL	hsl(281, 51%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 67.7%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.58, 31.99, -29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.58, 43.31, 317.63°)
OKLab	oklab(32.92% 0.0775 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(32.92% 0.113 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.1874, 3.1355, 10.6858)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E5D #325D1E

analogous

#2A1E5D #491E5D #5D1E52

triadic

#491E5D #5D491E #1E5D49

tetradic

#491E5D #5D2A1E #325D1E #1E525D

square

#491E5D #5D2A1E #325D1E #1E525D

split-complementary

#491E5D #525D1E #1E5D2A

monochromatic

#120717 #250F2F #491E5D #6D2D8B #923CBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#491E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#491E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E5D

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E5D	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052F5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B335C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.113 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5d8b',
    500: '#491e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e5d;
$custom-light: #7e5d8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.952,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32915,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E5D

secondary

#5D9245

accent

#DB4D7A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E5D

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

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