#490C42#490C42

#490C42 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.112 H 333.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490C42
RGB	rgb(73, 12, 66)
HSL	hsl(307, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(307, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 9.6%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.87, 34.55, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.87, 39.10, 332.07°)
OKLab	oklab(28.95% 0.0999 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(28.95% 0.112 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.8625, 2.0731, 5.3499)
Luminance	0.0207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490C42 #0C4913

analogous

#320C49 #490C42 #490C24

triadic

#490C42 #42490C #0C4249

tetradic

#490C42 #49320C #0C4913 #0C2449

square

#490C42 #49320C #0C4913 #0C2449

split-complementary

#490C42 #24490C #0C4932

monochromatic

#1A0418 #1A0418 #490C42 #7E1572 #B21DA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.85

#490C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#490C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490C42

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490C42	1.00	14.85	1.41	14.85
#FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#092243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#212B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D1226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 12, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.112 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5376',
    500: '#490c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490c42;
$custom-light: #7e5376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.885,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28953,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490C42

secondary

#2C8536

accent

#EE4E39

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EEE8ED

border

#C9C4C8

text

#0A0308

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #490C42

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

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