#490F5D#490F5D

#490F5D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.133 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490F5D
RGB	rgb(73, 15, 93)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(285, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 83.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.14, 38.87, -33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.14, 51.06, 319.57°)
OKLab	oklab(31.17% 0.0949 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(31.17% 0.133 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.8939, 2.5486, 10.5879)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.82

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490F5D #235D0F

analogous

#220F5D #490F5D #5D0F4A

triadic

#490F5D #5D490F #0F5D49

tetradic

#490F5D #5D220F #235D0F #0F4A5D

square

#490F5D #5D220F #235D0F #0F4A5D

split-complementary

#490F5D #4A5D0F #0F5D22

monochromatic

#15041A #200628 #490F5D #721792 #9C20C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.91

#490F5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#490F5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F5D

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490F5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490F5D	1.00	13.91	1.51	13.91
#FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C2E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490f5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.133 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f558b',
    500: '#490f5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490f5d;
$custom-light: #7f558b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490f5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.615,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31172,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490F5D

secondary

#4B9631

accent

#EF3968

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #490F5D

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

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