#490F6A#490F6A

#490F6A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.146 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490F6A
RGB	rgb(73, 15, 106)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(278, 86%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 85.8%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.22, 41.82, -39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.22, 57.82, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(32.27% 0.0917 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(32.27% 0.146 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5195, 2.7988, 13.8823)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490F6A #306A0F

analogous

#1B0F6A #490F6A #6A0F5D

triadic

#490F6A #6A490F #0F6A49

tetradic

#490F6A #6A1B0F #306A0F #0F5D6A

square

#490F6A #6A1B0F #306A0F #0F5D6A

split-complementary

#490F6A #5D6A0F #0F6A1B

monochromatic

#12041B #240734 #490F6A #6E17A0 #931ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.46

#490F6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#490F6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F6A

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490F6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490F6A	1.00	13.46	1.56	13.46
#FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44273E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490f6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.146 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805695',
    500: '#490f6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490f6a;
$custom-light: #805695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490f6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.242,
    "s": 75.207,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32269,
    "c": 0.14592,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490F6A

secondary

#5BA232

accent

#F2367A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #490F6A

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

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