#492969#492969

#492969 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.110 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492969
RGB	rgb(73, 41, 105)
HSL	hsl(270, 44%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 61%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.75, 28.76, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.75, 43.01, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(35.48% 0.062 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(35.48% 0.11 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0898, 4.0223, 13.8174)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492969 #496929

analogous

#292969 #492969 #692969

triadic

#492969 #694929 #296949

tetradic

#492969 #692929 #496929 #296969

square

#492969 #692929 #496929 #296969

split-complementary

#492969 #696929 #296929

monochromatic

#0F0916 #2A183D #492969 #683A95 #8651BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#492969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#492969 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492969

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492969	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E386B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 41, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.110 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6494',
    500: '#492969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492969;
$custom-light: #7e6494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 43.836,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35484,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492969

secondary

#779B52

accent

#D45494

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492969

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

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