#490C51#490C51

#490C51 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.125 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490C51
RGB	rgb(73, 12, 81)
HSL	hsl(293, 74%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(293, 85%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 85.2%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.86, 37.39, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.86, 46.17, 324.09°)
OKLab	oklab(29.98% 0.0995 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(29.98% 0.125 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3642, 2.2738, 7.9920)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490C51 #14510C

analogous

#260C51 #490C51 #510C36

triadic

#490C51 #51490C #0C5149

tetradic

#490C51 #51260C #14510C #0C3651

square

#490C51 #51260C #14510C #0C3651

split-complementary

#490C51 #36510C #0C5126

monochromatic

#18041B #19041C #490C51 #791486 #A91CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#490C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#490C51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490C51

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490C51	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A1A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 12, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.125 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5482',
    500: '#490c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490c51;
$custom-light: #7f5482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.043,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29984,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490C51

secondary

#388C2C

accent

#F1374D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A030A

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #490C51

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

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