#490F5E#490F5E

#490F5E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.134 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490F5E
RGB	rgb(73, 15, 94)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(284, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 84%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.22, 39.09, -33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.22, 51.58, 319.28°)
OKLab	oklab(31.25% 0.0947 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(31.25% 0.134 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9385, 2.5665, 10.8227)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490F5E #245E0F

analogous

#220F5E #490F5E #5E0F4C

triadic

#490F5E #5E490F #0F5E49

tetradic

#490F5E #5E220F #245E0F #0F4C5E

square

#490F5E #5E220F #245E0F #0F4C5E

split-complementary

#490F5E #4C5E0F #0F5E22

monochromatic

#14041A #200729 #490F5E #721793 #9B20C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.88

#490F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#490F5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F5E

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490F5E	1.00	13.88	1.51	13.88
#FFFFFF	13.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A2E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.134 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f558c',
    500: '#490f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490f5e;
$custom-light: #7f558c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.051,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31253,
    "c": 0.13413,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490F5E

secondary

#4D9731

accent

#EF3969

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #490F5E

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

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