#490E5D#490E5D

#490E5D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.134 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E5D
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 93)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(285, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 84.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.01, 39.23, -33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.01, 51.47, 319.66°)
OKLab	oklab(31.09% 0.0958 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(31.09% 0.134 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8802, 2.5210, 10.5833)
Luminance	0.0252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.81

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E5D #225D0E

analogous

#210E5D #490E5D #5D0E49

triadic

#490E5D #5D490E #0E5D49

tetradic

#490E5D #5D210E #225D0E #0E495D

square

#490E5D #5D210E #225D0E #0E495D

split-complementary

#490E5D #495D0E #0E5D21

monochromatic

#15041B #1F0628 #490E5D #731692 #9D1EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.96

#490E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#490E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E5D

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E5D	1.00	13.96	1.50	13.96
#FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B2E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.134 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f558b',
    500: '#490e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e5d;
$custom-light: #7f558b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.81,
    "s": 73.832,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31085,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E5D

secondary

#4A9730

accent

#F03766

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E5D

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

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