#490F5C#490F5C

#490F5C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.132 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490F5C
RGB	rgb(73, 15, 92)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(285, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 83.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.06, 38.65, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.06, 50.55, 319.88°)
OKLab	oklab(31.09% 0.095 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(31.09% 0.132 316)
XYZ	xyz(4.8499, 2.5310, 10.3562)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490F5C #225C0F

analogous

#220F5C #490F5C #5C0F48

triadic

#490F5C #5C490F #0F5C49

tetradic

#490F5C #5C220F #225C0F #0F485C

square

#490F5C #5C220F #225C0F #0F485C

split-complementary

#490F5C #485C0F #0F5C22

monochromatic

#15041A #1F0627 #490F5C #731891 #9D20C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.94

#490F5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#490F5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F5C

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490F5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490F5C	1.00	13.94	1.51	13.94
#FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D2E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490f5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.132 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f558b',
    500: '#490f5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490f5c;
$custom-light: #7f558b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490f5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.195,
    "s": 71.963,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31092,
    "c": 0.13218,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.02531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490F5C

secondary

#4A9531

accent

#EF3966

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #490F5C

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

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