#490F5F#490F5F

#490F5F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.135 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490F5F
RGB	rgb(73, 15, 95)
HSL	hsl(284, 73%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(284, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 84.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.30, 39.31, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.30, 52.10, 318.99°)
OKLab	oklab(31.34% 0.0945 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(31.34% 0.135 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.9837, 2.5845, 11.0606)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490F5F #255F0F

analogous

#210F5F #490F5F #5F0F4D

triadic

#490F5F #5F490F #0F5F49

tetradic

#490F5F #5F210F #255F0F #0F4D5F

square

#490F5F #5F210F #255F0F #0F4D5F

split-complementary

#490F5F #4D5F0F #0F5F21

monochromatic

#14041A #20072A #490F5F #721794 #9A20C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#490F5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#490F5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F5F

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490F5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490F5F	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#082E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490f5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.135 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f568d',
    500: '#490f5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490f5f;
$custom-light: #7f568d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490f5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.5,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31335,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490F5F

secondary

#4E9832

accent

#EF386B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #490F5F

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

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