#490B42#490B42

#490B42 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.113 H 333.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490B42
RGB	rgb(73, 11, 66)
HSL	hsl(307, 74%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(307, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.9%, 9.6%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.74, 34.89, -18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.74, 39.50, 332.07°)
OKLab	oklab(28.87% 0.1009 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(28.87% 0.113 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.8507, 2.0495, 5.3460)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490B42 #0B4912

analogous

#310B49 #490B42 #490B23

triadic

#490B42 #42490B #0B4249

tetradic

#490B42 #49310B #0B4912 #0B2349

square

#490B42 #49310B #0B4912 #0B2349

split-complementary

#490B42 #23490B #0B4931

monochromatic

#1B0418 #1B0418 #490B42 #7E1372 #B31BA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.90

#490B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#490B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490B42

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490B42	1.00	14.90	1.41	14.90
#FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#082243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#212A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D1226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 11, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.113 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5276',
    500: '#490b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490b42;
$custom-light: #7e5276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.774,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28866,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490B42

secondary

#2A8535

accent

#F04C37

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE7ED

border

#C9C3C8

text

#0A0308

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #490B42

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

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