#490085

Color #490085

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 1.95 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#490085

RGB

rgb(73, 0, 133)

HSL

hsl(272.9, 100%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.9, 100%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.1%, 100%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(20.48, 52.15, -55.2)

LCH

lch(20.48, 75.94, 313.37)

OKLCH

oklch(33.9%, 0.1816, 299.49)

HWB

hwb(272.9, 0%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3c8500

Analogous

#060085

#490085

#85007f

Triadic

#490085

#854900

#008549

Split-complementary

#490085

#7f8500

#008506

Tetradic

#490085

#85003c

#3c8500

#008549

Square

#490085

#850600

#3c8500

#007f85

Shades

Color #490085 mixed toward black.

#3d006f

#310059

#240043

#18002c

#0c0016

Tints

Color #490085 mixed toward white.

#6b00c4

#8e04ff

#aa43ff

#c681ff

#e3c0ff

Tones

Color #490085 mixed toward gray.

#480b7a

#47166f

#462164

#452c59

#44374e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.62:1

White text reads better on this background (12.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#373675 · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#3a3d71 · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#476662 · ΔE 32.8

Achromatopsia

#313131 · ΔE 28.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #490085;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#490085]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#490085 (#490085) is rgb(73, 0, 133) in RGB.

No, #490085 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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