#490F5B#490F5B

#490F5B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.131 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490F5B
RGB	rgb(73, 15, 91)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(286, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 83.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.98, 38.43, -32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.98, 50.03, 320.19°)
OKLab	oklab(31.01% 0.0952 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(31.01% 0.131 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8065, 2.5136, 10.1275)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.42

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490F5B #215B0F

analogous

#230F5B #490F5B #5B0F47

triadic

#490F5B #5B490F #0F5B49

tetradic

#490F5B #5B230F #215B0F #0F475B

square

#490F5B #5B230F #215B0F #0F475B

split-complementary

#490F5B #475B0F #0F5B23

monochromatic

#15041A #1F0626 #490F5B #731890 #9D20C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.98

#490F5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#490F5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F5B

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490F5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490F5B	1.00	13.98	1.50	13.98
#FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F2E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490f5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.131 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f558a',
    500: '#490f5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490f5b;
$custom-light: #7f558a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490f5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.789,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31012,
    "c": 0.13121,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490F5B

secondary

#499531

accent

#EE3964

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #490F5B

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

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