#492495#492495

#492495 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.171 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492495
RGB	rgb(73, 36, 149)
HSL	hsl(260, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 75.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 43.90, -55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 70.85, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.0615 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.171 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8018, 4.8478, 28.8999)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492495 #709524

analogous

#243895 #492495 #822495

triadic

#492495 #954924 #249549

tetradic

#492495 #952438 #709524 #249582

square

#492495 #952438 #709524 #249582

split-complementary

#492495 #958224 #389524

monochromatic

#190C32 #311864 #492495 #6130C6 #845CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#492495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#492495 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492495

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492495	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 36, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.171 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463b5',
    500: '#492495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492495;
$custom-light: #8463b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.646,
    "s": 61.081,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38428,
    "c": 0.17109,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492495

secondary

#9CBC59

accent

#E444B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #492495

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

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