#490C48#490C48

#490C48 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.117 H 328.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490C48
RGB	rgb(73, 12, 72)
HSL	hsl(301, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(301, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 1.4%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.24, 35.64, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.24, 41.83, 328.44°)
OKLab	oklab(29.35% 0.1 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(29.35% 0.117 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0488, 2.1476, 6.3309)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490C48 #0C490D

analogous

#2C0C49 #490C48 #490C2A

triadic

#490C48 #48490C #0C4849

tetradic

#490C48 #492C0C #0C490D #0C2A49

square

#490C48 #492C0C #0C490D #0C2A49

split-complementary

#490C48 #2A490C #0C492C

monochromatic

#1A041A #1A041A #490C48 #7E157C #B21DB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.69

#490C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#490C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490C48

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490C48	1.00	14.69	1.43	14.69
#FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#02234A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 12, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.117 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e537b',
    500: '#490c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490c48;
$custom-light: #7e537b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.984,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29345,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490C48

secondary

#2C852D

accent

#EE3C39

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE8EE

border

#C9C4C9

text

#0A0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #490C48

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

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