#490E69#490E69

#490E69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.146 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E69
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 105)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(279, 87%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 86.7%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.02, 41.92, -39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.02, 57.68, 316.62°)
OKLab	oklab(32.1% 0.0928 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(32.1% 0.146 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4540, 2.7506, 13.6055)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E69 #2E690E

analogous

#1B0E69 #490E69 #690E5B

triadic

#490E69 #69490E #0E6949

tetradic

#490E69 #691B0E #2E690E #0E5B69

square

#490E69 #691B0E #2E690E #0E5B69

split-complementary

#490E69 #5B690E #0E691B

monochromatic

#13041B #230733 #490E69 #6F159F #941CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.55

#490E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#490E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E69

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E69	1.00	13.55	1.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44263D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.146 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805695',
    500: '#490e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e69;
$custom-light: #805695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.901,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32101,
    "c": 0.14586,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E69

secondary

#59A231

accent

#F33578

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E69

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

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