#492585#492585

#492585 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.151 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492585
RGB	rgb(73, 37, 133)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 38.84, -47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 61.52, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% 0.0642 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.151 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6417, 4.4329, 22.6388)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492585 #618525

analogous

#253185 #492585 #792585

triadic

#492585 #854925 #258549

tetradic

#492585 #852531 #618525 #258579

square

#492585 #852531 #618525 #258579

split-complementary

#492585 #857925 #318525

monochromatic

#140A25 #2F1855 #492585 #6332B5 #8355D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#492585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#492585 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492585

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492585	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 37, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.151 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8263a9',
    500: '#492585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492585;
$custom-light: #8263a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37107,
    "c": 0.1508,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492585

secondary

#8FB452

accent

#E048A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492585

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

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