#490E5F#490E5F

#490E5F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.136 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E5F
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 95)
HSL	hsl(284, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(284, 85%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 85.3%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.17, 39.67, -34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.17, 52.50, 319.08°)
OKLab	oklab(31.25% 0.0953 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(31.25% 0.136 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.9699, 2.5569, 11.0560)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E5F #245F0E

analogous

#210E5F #490E5F #5F0E4D

triadic

#490E5F #5F490E #0E5F49

tetradic

#490E5F #5F210E #245F0E #0E4D5F

square

#490E5F #5F210E #245F0E #0E4D5F

split-complementary

#490E5F #4D5F0E #0E5F21

monochromatic

#14041B #20062A #490E5F #721694 #9B1ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.89

#490E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#490E5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E5F

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E5F	1.00	13.89	1.51	13.89
#FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#072E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.136 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f558d',
    500: '#490e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e5f;
$custom-light: #7f558d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.704,
    "s": 74.312,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31249,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E5F

secondary

#4D9930

accent

#F13769

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E5F

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

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