#490F5A#490F5A

#490F5A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.130 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490F5A
RGB	rgb(73, 15, 90)
HSL	hsl(286, 71%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(286, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 83.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.90, 38.22, -31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.90, 49.52, 320.51°)
OKLab	oklab(30.93% 0.0954 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(30.93% 0.13 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7637, 2.4965, 9.9018)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490F5A #205A0F

analogous

#230F5A #490F5A #5A0F45

triadic

#490F5A #5A490F #0F5A49

tetradic

#490F5A #5A230F #205A0F #0F455A

square

#490F5A #5A230F #205A0F #0F455A

split-complementary

#490F5A #455A0F #0F5A23

monochromatic

#15041A #1E0626 #490F5A #74188E #9E20C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.01

#490F5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#490F5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F5A

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490F5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490F5A	1.00	14.01	1.50	14.01
#FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#102D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490f5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.130 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5589',
    500: '#490f5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490f5a;
$custom-light: #7f5589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490f5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.4,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30933,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490F5A

secondary

#489431

accent

#EE3A63

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #490F5A

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

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