#490D4E#490D4E

#490D4E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.121 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490D4E
RGB	rgb(73, 13, 78)
HSL	hsl(295, 71%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(295, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 83.3%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.77, 36.45, -25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.77, 44.30, 325.36°)
OKLab	oklab(29.85% 0.0988 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(29.85% 0.121 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.2666, 2.2546, 7.4167)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490D4E #124E0D

analogous

#290D4E #490D4E #4E0D32

triadic

#490D4E #4E490D #0D4E49

tetradic

#490D4E #4E290D #124E0D #0D324E

square

#490D4E #4E290D #124E0D #0D324E

split-complementary

#490D4E #324E0D #0D4E29

monochromatic

#19041A #19041A #490D4E #7A1682 #AB1EB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.47

#490D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#490D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490D4E

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490D4E	1.00	14.47	1.45	14.47
#FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A2C4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B192D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 13, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.121 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5480',
    500: '#490d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490d4e;
$custom-light: #7e5480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2985,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490D4E

secondary

#35892E

accent

#EE3A48

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A030A

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #490D4E

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

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