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#490FEB

#490feb ≈ Ultramarine

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#490feb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 5.88% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.94% cyan, 93.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 255.82°, with 88% saturation and 49.02% 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 8.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ultramarine (#3f00ff), ΔE 2.01.

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Web safe#3300ff
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Relative luminance0.0776

Complementary

  1. #490feb
  2. #b1eb0f

Split complementary

  1. #490feb
  2. #ebb70f
  3. #43eb0f

Analogous

  1. #0f43eb
  2. #490feb
  3. #b70feb

Triadic

  1. #490feb
  2. #eb490f
  3. #0feb49

Tetradic

  1. #490feb
  2. #eb0fb1
  3. #b1eb0f
  4. #0feb49

Square

  1. #490feb
  2. #eb0f43
  3. #b1eb0f
  4. #0febb7

Monochromatic

  1. #1c065b
  2. #330aa3
  3. #490feb
  4. #7d53f4
  5. #b39af9

Shades

#490feb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #490feb
  2. #420ed4
  3. #3a0cbc
  4. #330ba5
  5. #2c098d
  6. #250876
  7. #1d065e
  8. #160547
  9. #0f032f
  10. #070218
  11. #000000

Tints

#490feb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #490feb
  2. #5b27ed
  3. #6d3fef
  4. #8057f1
  5. #926ff3
  6. #a487f5
  7. #b69ff7
  8. #c8b7f9
  9. #dbcffb
  10. #ede7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#490feb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #490feb
  2. #4f1ae0
  3. #5426d6
  4. #5a31cb
  5. #5f3cc0
  6. #6548b6
  7. #6a53ab
  8. #705ea0
  9. #756995
  10. #7b758b
  11. #808080

Readable text 8.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #4f4f4f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4c3ea6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0056f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0046e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00628a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0044ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0037e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004db9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-490feb {
  color: #490feb;
}
Background
.bg-490feb {
  background-color: #490feb;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-490feb {
  border: 2px solid #490feb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #490feb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 15 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 88% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-490feb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #490feb, #b70feb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-490feb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 15 235 / 0.35);
}

#3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 2.01 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 2.69 #0000ff Blue ΔE 3.03 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 5.15 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 6.72 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.40 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.43 #b6f014 Inverted #4f4f4f Grayscale 

Ultramarine
#490feb  rgb(73, 15, 235)  hsl(256, 88%, 49%)  Ultramarine
#b1eb0f  rgb(177, 235, 15)  hsl(76, 88%, 49%)  Spring Bud
#eb490f  rgb(235, 73, 15)  hsl(16, 88%, 49%)  Flame
#0feb49  rgb(15, 235, 73)  hsl(136, 88%, 49%)  Malachite