#490E42#490E42

#490E42 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.109 H 333.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E42
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 66)
HSL	hsl(307, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(307, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 9.6%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.13, 33.81, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.13, 38.25, 332.10°)
OKLab	oklab(29.14% 0.0977 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(29.14% 0.109 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.8881, 2.1242, 5.3584)
Luminance	0.0212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E42 #0E4915

analogous

#330E49 #490E42 #490E25

triadic

#490E42 #42490E #0E4249

tetradic

#490E42 #49330E #0E4915 #0E2549

square

#490E42 #49330E #0E4915 #0E2549

split-complementary

#490E42 #25490E #0E4933

monochromatic

#1A0517 #1A0517 #490E42 #7C1870 #B0229F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.74

#490E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#490E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E42

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E42	1.00	14.74	1.42	14.74
#FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C2343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#222B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D1427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.109 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5476',
    500: '#490e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e42;
$custom-light: #7e5476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.119,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2914,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E42

secondary

#2F8439

accent

#EB523D

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9ED

border

#C9C5C8

text

#0A0308

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E42

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

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