Information about #491C40 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #491C40 reads as a confidently colored electric magenta and leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Rabbit Ear Iris (#491E3C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Deep Purple (#3A243B) and Blackberry (#43182F).
The recipe behind #491C40 is rgb(73, 28, 64), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #491C40: 13.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.5:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:71), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #491C40 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#491C40 color variations
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#491C40 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#491C40 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#491C40 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#491C40 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#491C40 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #491C40 color
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Nearest named colors to #491C40
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#491E3C
#3A243B
#43182F
#43254F
#4D202E
#452E39
#431C53
#532934
#592746
#3B2A39
#551F2F
#4C313E
#491C40 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#491C40
- RGB73, 28, 64
- CMYK0, 18, 4, 71
- CSSrgb(73, 28, 64)
- HSL312°, 45%, 20%
- HSL Precise312°, 44.554%, 19.804%
- HSV312°, 62%, 29%
- HSB312°, 62%, 29%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.110
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
- GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.110, 0.251)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.110, 0.251, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.110, 0.251)
- Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB11%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID491C40
- DECIMAL ID4791360
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers22 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
