#490F6D

A dark, vivid purple closely aligning with Midnightblue.

About #490F6D

When working with digital screens, the color #490F6D is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Midnightblue. Its digital footprint relies on 73 parts red, 15 parts green, and 109 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 33% cyan and 86% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 277.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the purple spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#490F6D
RGB73, 15, 109
HSL277.0°, 75.8%, 24.3%
CMYK33%, 86%, 0%, 57%
HSV277.0°, 86.2%, 42.7%
LAB19.5, 42.5, -41.5
XYZ5.7, 2.9, 14.7
Decimal4788077

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

13.35:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.57:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
12.76:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.34:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #490F6D; }
.text-color { color: #490F6D; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #490F6D; }

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