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#490BFA

#490bfa ≈ Ultramarine

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#490bfa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.8% cyan, 95.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 255.56°, with 95.98% saturation and 51.18% 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 7.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ultramarine (#3f00ff), ΔE 0.85.

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Relative luminance0.0856

Complementary

  1. #490bfa
  2. #bcfa0b

Split complementary

  1. #490bfa
  2. #fac00b
  3. #45fa0b

Analogous

  1. #0b45fa
  2. #490bfa
  3. #c00bfa

Triadic

  1. #490bfa
  2. #fa490b
  3. #0bfa49

Tetradic

  1. #490bfa
  2. #fa0bbc
  3. #bcfa0b
  4. #0bfa49

Square

  1. #490bfa
  2. #fa0b45
  3. #bcfa0b
  4. #0bfac0

Monochromatic

  1. #1d026a
  2. #3204b5
  3. #490bfa
  4. #8156fc
  5. #b9a1fd

Shades

#490bfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #490bfa
  2. #420ae1
  3. #3a09c8
  4. #3308af
  5. #2c0796
  6. #25067d
  7. #1d0464
  8. #16034b
  9. #0f0232
  10. #070119
  11. #000000

Tints

#490bfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #490bfa
  2. #5b23fb
  3. #6d3cfb
  4. #8054fc
  5. #926dfc
  6. #a485fd
  7. #b69dfd
  8. #c8b6fe
  9. #dbcefe
  10. #ede7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#490bfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #490bfa
  2. #4f17ee
  3. #5422e2
  4. #5a2ed5
  5. #5f3ac9
  6. #6546bd
  7. #6a51b1
  8. #705da5
  9. #756998
  10. #7b748c
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #535353 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4f41b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #005bff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0049f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006893 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0048fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0039f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0052c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-490bfa {
  color: #490bfa;
}
Background
.bg-490bfa {
  background-color: #490bfa;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-490bfa {
  border: 2px solid #490bfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #490bfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 11 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 96% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-490bfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #490bfa, #c00bfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-490bfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 11 250 / 0.35);
}

#3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 0.85 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 1.36 #0000ff Blue ΔE 3.03 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 4.05 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 8.18 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.46 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.00 #b6f405 Inverted #535353 Grayscale 

Ultramarine
#490bfa  rgb(73, 11, 250)  hsl(256, 96%, 51%)  Ultramarine
#bcfa0b  rgb(188, 250, 11)  hsl(76, 96%, 51%)  Electric Lime
#fa490b  rgb(250, 73, 11)  hsl(16, 96%, 51%)  Orange Red
#0bfa49  rgb(11, 250, 73)  hsl(136, 96%, 51%)  Lime