#492877#492877

#492877 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.129 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492877
RGB	rgb(73, 40, 119)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 66.4%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.53, 33.22, -39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.53, 51.77, 309.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.0628 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.129 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8354, 4.2659, 17.9125)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492877 #567728

analogous

#282E77 #492877 #702877

triadic

#492877 #774928 #287749

tetradic

#492877 #77282E #567728 #287770

square

#492877 #77282E #567728 #287770

split-complementary

#492877 #777028 #2E7728

monochromatic

#11091B #2D1949 #492877 #6537A5 #8354C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#492877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#492877 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492877

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492877	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 40, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.129 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80649f',
    500: '#492877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492877;
$custom-light: #80649f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.063,
    "s": 49.686,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36378,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492877

secondary

#85A952

accent

#D94F9F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492877

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

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