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#490BEE

#490bee ≈ Ultramarine

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#490bee is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 4.31% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.33% cyan, 95.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 256.39°, with 91.16% saturation and 48.82% 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 8.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ultramarine (#3f00ff), ΔE 1.72.

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Web safe#3300ff
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Relative luminance0.0783

Complementary

  1. #490bee
  2. #b0ee0b

Split complementary

  1. #490bee
  2. #eeba0b
  3. #3eee0b

Analogous

  1. #0b3eee
  2. #490bee
  3. #ba0bee

Triadic

  1. #490bee
  2. #ee490b
  3. #0bee49

Tetradic

  1. #490bee
  2. #ee0bb0
  3. #b0ee0b
  4. #0bee49

Square

  1. #490bee
  2. #ee0b3e
  3. #b0ee0b
  4. #0beeba

Monochromatic

  1. #1c045c
  2. #3308a5
  3. #490bee
  4. #7d4ff7
  5. #b398fa

Shades

#490bee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #490bee
  2. #420ad6
  3. #3a09be
  4. #3308a7
  5. #2c078f
  6. #250677
  7. #1d045f
  8. #160347
  9. #0f0230
  10. #070118
  11. #000000

Tints

#490bee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #490bee
  2. #5b23f0
  3. #6d3cf1
  4. #8054f3
  5. #926df5
  6. #a485f7
  7. #b69df8
  8. #c8b6fa
  9. #dbcefc
  10. #ede7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#490bee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #490bee
  2. #4f17e3
  3. #5422d8
  4. #5a2ecd
  5. #5f3ac2
  6. #6546b7
  7. #6a51ac
  8. #705da1
  9. #756996
  10. #7b748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 8.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #4f4f4f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4d3ea7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0057f3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0046eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00638c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0044f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0037ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004ebb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-490bee {
  color: #490bee;
}
Background
.bg-490bee {
  background-color: #490bee;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-490bee {
  border: 2px solid #490bee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #490bee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 11 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 91% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-490bee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #490bee, #ba0bee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-490bee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 11 238 / 0.35);
}

#3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 1.72 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 2.52 #0000ff Blue ΔE 2.90 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 4.97 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 6.89 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.27 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.41 #b6f411 Inverted #4f4f4f Grayscale 

Ultramarine
#490bee  rgb(73, 11, 238)  hsl(256, 91%, 49%)  Ultramarine
#b0ee0b  rgb(176, 238, 11)  hsl(76, 91%, 49%)  Spring Bud
#ee490b  rgb(238, 73, 11)  hsl(16, 91%, 49%)  Tangelo
#0bee49  rgb(11, 238, 73)  hsl(136, 91%, 49%)  Malachite