#491F5B#491F5B

#491F5B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.109 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F5B
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 91)
HSL	hsl(282, 49%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(282, 66%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 65.9%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.64, 30.96, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.64, 41.58, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(32.92% 0.0762 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(32.92% 0.109 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.1257, 3.1519, 10.2339)
Luminance	0.0315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.97

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F5B #315B1F

analogous

#2B1F5B #491F5B #5B1F4F

triadic

#491F5B #5B491F #1F5B49

tetradic

#491F5B #5B2B1F #315B1F #1F4F5B

square

#491F5B #5B2B1F #315B1F #1F4F5B

split-complementary

#491F5B #4F5B1F #1F5B2B

monochromatic

#120817 #240F2D #491F5B #6E2F89 #923EB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#491F5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#491F5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F5B

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F5B	1.00	12.88	1.63	12.88
#FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A2F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D335A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.109 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5d8a',
    500: '#491f5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f5b;
$custom-light: #7e5d8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32918,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F5B

secondary

#5C9046

accent

#D94F78

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F5B

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

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