#490F6D#490F6D

#490F6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.149 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490F6D
RGB	rgb(73, 15, 109)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 86.2%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.48, 42.51, -41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.48, 59.39, 315.72°)
OKLab	oklab(32.54% 0.0908 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(32.54% 0.149 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6782, 2.8623, 14.7184)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490F6D #336D0F

analogous

#1A0F6D #490F6D #6D0F62

triadic

#490F6D #6D490F #0F6D49

tetradic

#490F6D #6D1A0F #336D0F #0F626D

square

#490F6D #6D1A0F #336D0F #0F626D

split-complementary

#490F6D #626D0F #0F6D1A

monochromatic

#12041B #250837 #490F6D #6D16A3 #911ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.36

#490F6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#490F6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F6D

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490F6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490F6D	1.00	13.36	1.57	13.36
#FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00306B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490f6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.149 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805698',
    500: '#490f6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490f6d;
$custom-light: #805698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490f6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.021,
    "s": 75.806,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32536,
    "c": 0.14889,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490F6D

secondary

#5FA533

accent

#F2357E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #490F6D

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

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