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#490ACA

#490aca ≈ Medium Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#490aca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 3.92% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.86% cyan, 95.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 259.69°, with 90.57% saturation and 41.57% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 4.23.

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Relative luminance0.059

Complementary

  1. #490aca
  2. #8bca0a

Split complementary

  1. #490aca
  2. #caa90a
  3. #2bca0a

Analogous

  1. #0a2bca
  2. #490aca
  3. #a90aca

Triadic

  1. #490aca
  2. #ca490a
  3. #0aca49

Tetradic

  1. #490aca
  2. #ca0a8b
  3. #8bca0a
  4. #0aca49

Square

  1. #490aca
  2. #ca0a2b
  3. #8bca0a
  4. #0acaa9

Monochromatic

  1. #140338
  2. #2f0681
  3. #490aca
  4. #6e2cf5
  5. #a075f8

Shades

#490aca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #490aca
  2. #4209b6
  3. #3a08a2
  4. #33078d
  5. #2c0679
  6. #250565
  7. #1d0451
  8. #16033d
  9. #0f0228
  10. #070114
  11. #000000

Tints

#490aca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #490aca
  2. #5b23cf
  3. #6d3bd5
  4. #8054da
  5. #926cdf
  6. #a485e5
  7. #b69dea
  8. #c8b6ef
  9. #dbcef4
  10. #ede7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#490aca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #490aca
  2. #4f16c3
  3. #5422bb
  4. #5a2db4
  5. #5f39ac
  6. #6545a5
  7. #6a519e
  8. #705d96
  9. #75688f
  10. #7b7487
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #454545 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #46368e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #004acf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003ec7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005276 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #003acd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0031c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1f419f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-490aca {
  color: #490aca;
}
Background
.bg-490aca {
  background-color: #490aca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-490aca {
  border: 2px solid #490aca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #490aca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 10 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 91% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-490aca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #490aca, #a90aca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-490aca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 10 202 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.23 #0000ff Blue ΔE 5.90 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 6.09 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.78 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 7.13 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.62 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 9.02 #b6f535 Inverted #454545 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#490aca  rgb(73, 10, 202)  hsl(260, 91%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#8bca0a  rgb(139, 202, 10)  hsl(80, 91%, 42%)  Yellow Green
#ca490a  rgb(202, 73, 10)  hsl(20, 91%, 42%)  Sinopia
#0aca49  rgb(10, 202, 73)  hsl(140, 91%, 42%)  Lime Green