#490b77

Color #490b77

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 8.39 Nearest Tailwind class purple-950 #3c0366 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#490b77

RGB

rgb(73, 11, 119)

HSL

hsl(274.4, 83.1%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.4, 90.8%, 46.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.7%, 90.8%, 0%, 53.3%)

LAB

lab(19.99, 46.08, -47.09)

LCH

lch(19.99, 65.89, 314.38)

OKLCH

oklch(33.2%, 0.1618, 303.79)

HWB

hwb(274.4, 4.3%, 53.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#39770b

Analogous

#130b77

#490b77

#770b6f

Triadic

#490b77

#77490b

#0b7749

Split-complementary

#490b77

#6f770b

#0b7713

Tetradic

#490b77

#770b39

#39770b

#0b7749

Square

#490b77

#77130b

#39770b

#0b6f77

Shades

Color #490b77 mixed toward black.

#3d0963

#31074f

#24053c

#180428

#0c0214

Tints

Color #490b77 mixed toward white.

#6c10b1

#9017ea

#ac51ef

#c78bf4

#e3c5fa

Tones

Color #490b77 mixed toward gray.

#48146e

#461d65

#45265c

#442f53

#42384a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.6:1

White text reads better on this background (13.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383769 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#3a3e65 · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#475c58 · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#303030 · ΔE 26.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #490b77;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#490b77]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#490b77 (#490b77) is rgb(73, 11, 119) in RGB.

No, #490b77 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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