#492172#492172

#492172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.133 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492172
RGB	rgb(73, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.72, 35.75, -39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.72, 53.23, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% 0.0718 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.133 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3281, 3.7191, 16.3008)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492172 #4A7221

analogous

#212272 #492172 #722172

triadic

#492172 #724921 #217249

tetradic

#492172 #722122 #4A7221 #217272

square

#492172 #722122 #4A7221 #217272

split-complementary

#492172 #727221 #227221

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2B1343 #492172 #672FA1 #8644C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#492172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#492172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492172

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492172	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.133 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805f9b',
    500: '#492172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492172;
$custom-light: #805f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.63,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34951,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492172

secondary

#78A549

accent

#DE4995

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492172

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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