#490DBE#490DBE

#490DBE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.231 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490DBE
RGB	rgb(73, 13, 190)
HSL	hsl(260, 87%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 93%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 93.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.90, 62.87, -77.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.90, 99.94, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.058 -0.2238)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.231 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1830, 5.4212, 49.1096)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490DBE #82BE0D

analogous

#0D2ABE #490DBE #A20DBE

triadic

#490DBE #BE490D #0DBE49

tetradic

#490DBE #BE0D2A #82BE0D #0DBEA2

square

#490DBE #BE0D2A #82BE0D #0DBEA2

split-complementary

#490DBE #BEA20D #2ABE0D

monochromatic

#1D054B #330985 #490DBE #6219EF #8952F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#490DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#490DBE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490DBE

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490DBE	1.00	10.07	2.08	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 13, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.231 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5dd3',
    500: '#490dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490dbe;
$custom-light: #8c5dd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.339,
    "s": 87.192,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40815,
    "c": 0.23122,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490DBE

secondary

#A9D552

accent

#FD2AB6

background

#F9F5FD

surface

#F2E9FA

border

#CCC5D3

text

#0E0514

muted

#7E7983

Preview Lab

Preview with #490DBE

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

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