#490E59#490E59

#490E59 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.130 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E59
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 89)
HSL	hsl(287, 73%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(287, 84%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 84.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.70, 38.36, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.70, 49.41, 320.93°)
OKLab	oklab(30.76% 0.0965 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(30.76% 0.13 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7076, 2.4520, 9.6746)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E59 #1E590E

analogous

#230E59 #490E59 #590E43

triadic

#490E59 #59490E #0E5949

tetradic

#490E59 #59230E #1E590E #0E4359

square

#490E59 #59230E #1E590E #0E4359

split-complementary

#490E59 #43590E #0E5923

monochromatic

#16041A #1E0624 #490E59 #74168E #A01FC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.09

#490E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#490E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E59

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E59	1.00	14.09	1.49	14.09
#FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#112D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#481F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.130 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5588',
    500: '#490e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e59;
$custom-light: #7f5588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.2,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30765,
    "c": 0.13036,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E59

secondary

#459330

accent

#F0385F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E59

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

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