Information about #490B6F color
Basic facts about this digital color
#490B6F is a energetic, saturated twilight violet that leans clearly toward the dark side. It is a natural fit for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from Sunset Purple (#490960). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Metallic Purple (#520E7D) and Royal Violet (#3F1979).
In RGB terms — rgb(73, 11, 111) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #490B6F background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 13.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.6:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#490B6F color variations
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#490B6F color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#490B6F color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#490B6F color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#490B6F color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#490B6F color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #490B6F color
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Nearest named colors to #490B6F
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#490960
#520E7D
#3F1979
#381769
#4B0082
#461B7E
#33036B
#33006F
#4E0059
#430059
#480656
#571B7E
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#490B6F
- RGB73, 11, 111
- CMYK15, 39, 0, 56
- CSSrgb(73, 11, 111)
- HSL277°, 82%, 24%
- HSL Precise277.2°, 81.967%, 23.922%
- HSV277°, 90%, 44%
- HSB277°, 90%, 44%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.043
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.435
- GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.043, 0.435)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.043, 0.435, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.043, 0.435)
- Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB4.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB43.5%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID490B6F
- DECIMAL ID4787055
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
