#490E6E#490E6E

#490E6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.151 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E6E
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 110)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(277, 87%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 87.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.46, 43.08, -42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.46, 60.27, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(32.55% 0.0913 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(32.55% 0.151 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7186, 2.8564, 14.9989)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E6E #336E0E

analogous

#190E6E #490E6E #6E0E63

triadic

#490E6E #6E490E #0E6E49

tetradic

#490E6E #6E190E #336E0E #0E636E

square

#490E6E #6E190E #336E0E #0E636E

split-complementary

#490E6E #636E0E #0E6E19

monochromatic

#12031B #250738 #490E6E #6D15A4 #911CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#490E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#490E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E6E

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E6E	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00306C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.151 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805698',
    500: '#490e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e6e;
$custom-light: #805698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.875,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32546,
    "c": 0.15076,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E6E

secondary

#5FA631

accent

#F4347E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E6E

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

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