#492979#492979

#492979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.130 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492979
RGB	rgb(73, 41, 121)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 66%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 66.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 33.21, -40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 52.28, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(36.69% 0.0613 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(36.69% 0.13 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9909, 4.3827, 18.5631)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492979 #597929

analogous

#293179 #492979 #712979

triadic

#492979 #794929 #297949

tetradic

#492979 #792931 #597929 #297971

square

#492979 #792931 #597929 #297971

split-complementary

#492979 #797129 #317929

monochromatic

#120A1E #2D1A4B #492979 #6538A7 #8356C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#492979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#492979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492979

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492979	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 41, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.130 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8065a0',
    500: '#492979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492979;
$custom-light: #8065a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 49.383,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36691,
    "c": 0.13032,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492979

secondary

#88AB53

accent

#D94FA2

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492979

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

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