#490C55#490C55

#490C55 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.129 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490C55
RGB	rgb(73, 12, 85)
HSL	hsl(290, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(290, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 85.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.16, 38.21, -29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.16, 48.16, 322.50°)
OKLab	oklab(30.29% 0.0989 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(30.29% 0.129 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.5186, 2.3355, 8.8054)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490C55 #18550C

analogous

#250C55 #490C55 #550C3D

triadic

#490C55 #55490C #0C5549

tetradic

#490C55 #55250C #18550C #0C3D55

square

#490C55 #55250C #18550C #0C3D55

split-complementary

#490C55 #3D550C #0C5525

monochromatic

#17041B #1B041F #490C55 #77148B #A51BC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.31

#490C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#490C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490C55

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490C55	1.00	14.31	1.47	14.31
#FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#142C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#491C31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 12, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.129 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5485',
    500: '#490c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490c55;
$custom-light: #7f5485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.137,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30286,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490C55

secondary

#3D902D

accent

#F23655

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #490C55

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

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