#491242

Color #491242

A moderately saturated very dark magenta.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 29.44 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#491242

RGB

rgb(73, 18, 66)

HSL

hsl(307.6, 60.4%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(307.6, 75.3%, 28.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 9.6%, 71.4%)

LAB

lab(16.71, 32.15, -16.98)

LCH

lch(16.71, 36.36, 332.16)

OKLCH

oklch(29.6%, 0.1039, 333.41)

HWB

hwb(307.6, 7.1%, 71.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#124919

Analogous

#341249

#491242

#491226

Triadic

#491242

#424912

#124249

Split-complementary

#491242

#264912

#124934

Tetradic

#491242

#491912

#124919

#124249

Square

#491242

#493412

#124919

#122649

Shades

Color #491242 mixed toward black.

#3d0f37

#310c2c

#240921

#180616

#0c030b

Tints

Color #491242 mixed toward white.

#812075

#b92ea7

#d557c5

#e38fd9

#f1c7ec

Tones

Color #491242 mixed toward gray.

#44173e

#401b3b

#3b2038

#372434

#322931

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.45:1

White text reads better on this background (14.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#39383a · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#3b3e38 · ΔE 30.5

Tritanopia

#473332 · ΔE 18.3

Achromatopsia

#292929 · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #491242;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#491242]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#491242 (#491242) is rgb(73, 18, 66) in RGB.

No, #491242 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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