Information about #491C44 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #491C44 reads as a clearly saturated purple-pink magenta and stays on the darker end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Rabbit Ear Iris (#491E3C). Slightly further away sit Grapevine (#43254F) and American Purple (#431C53).
The recipe behind #491C44 is rgb(73, 28, 68), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #491C44: 13.7:1 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. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#491C44 color variations
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#491C44 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#491C44 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#491C44 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#491C44 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#491C44 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 #491C44 color
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Nearest named colors to #491C44
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#491E3C
#43254F
#431C53
#3A243B
#592746
#452E39
#4C313E
#3F2E4C
#43182F
#38293D
#3B2A39
#4D202E
#491C44 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#491C44
- RGB73, 28, 68
- CMYK0, 18, 2, 71
- CSSrgb(73, 28, 68)
- HSL307°, 45%, 20%
- HSL Precise306.667°, 44.554%, 19.804%
- HSV307°, 62%, 29%
- HSB307°, 62%, 29%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.110
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.267
- GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.110, 0.267)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.110, 0.267, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.110, 0.267)
- Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB11%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB26.7%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID491C44
- DECIMAL ID4791364
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
