#490e5f

Color #490e5f

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 17.3 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#490e5f

RGB

rgb(73, 14, 95)

HSL

hsl(283.7, 74.3%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.7, 85.3%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.2%, 85.3%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(18.17, 39.67, -34.38)

LCH

lch(18.17, 52.49, 319.09)

OKLCH

oklch(31.3%, 0.1361, 314.43)

HWB

hwb(283.7, 5.5%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#245f0e

Analogous

#210e5f

#490e5f

#5f0e4d

Triadic

#490e5f

#5f490e

#0e5f49

Split-complementary

#490e5f

#4d5f0e

#0e5f21

Tetradic

#490e5f

#5f0e24

#245f0e

#0e5f49

Square

#490e5f

#5f210e

#245f0e

#0e4d5f

Shades

Color #490e5f mixed toward black.

#3d0c4f

#31093f

#250730

#180520

#0c0210

Tints

Color #490e5f mixed toward white.

#761799

#a31fd4

#bd50e5

#d38bee

#e9c5f6

Tones

Color #490e5f mixed toward gray.

#461558

#431c52

#40224b

#3d2944

#3a303d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.51:1

White text reads better on this background (13.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383854 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#3b3e51 · ΔE 18.5

Tritanopia

#474947 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 24.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #490e5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#490e5f]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#490e5f (#490e5f) is rgb(73, 14, 95) in RGB.

No, #490e5f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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