#490B56#490B56

#490B56 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.131 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490B56
RGB	rgb(73, 11, 86)
HSL	hsl(290, 77%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(290, 87%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 87.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.12, 38.74, -30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.12, 49.03, 322.20°)
OKLab	oklab(30.29% 0.0996 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(30.29% 0.131 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5468, 2.3279, 9.0121)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 5.26

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490B56 #18560B

analogous

#240B56 #490B56 #560B3E

triadic

#490B56 #56490B #0B5649

tetradic

#490B56 #56240B #18560B #0B3E56

square

#490B56 #56240B #18560B #0B3E56

split-complementary

#490B56 #3E560B #0B5624

monochromatic

#17031B #1B0420 #490B56 #77128C #A519C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.33

#490B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#490B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490B56

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490B56	1.00	14.33	1.47	14.33
#FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#122C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#491C31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 11, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.131 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5486',
    500: '#490b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490b56;
$custom-light: #7f5486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.6,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30285,
    "c": 0.13061,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490B56

secondary

#3D912B

accent

#F43455

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #490B56

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

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