#492990#492990

#492990 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.159 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492990
RGB	rgb(73, 41, 144)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 71.5%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.78, 39.84, -51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.78, 65.30, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.058 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.159 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5732, 5.0156, 26.8965)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492990 #709029

analogous

#293D90 #492990 #7D2990

triadic

#492990 #904929 #299049

tetradic

#492990 #90293D #709029 #29907D

square

#492990 #90293D #709029 #29907D

split-complementary

#492990 #907D29 #3D9029

monochromatic

#190E31 #311B60 #492990 #6137C0 #8461D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#492990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#492990 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492990

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492990	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 41, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.159 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8365b1',
    500: '#492990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492990;
$custom-light: #8365b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.641,
    "s": 55.676,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38631,
    "c": 0.15927,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492990

secondary

#9CB85D

accent

#DF49B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #492990

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

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