#492995#492995

#492995 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.165 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492995
RGB	rgb(73, 41, 149)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 72.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.22, 41.30, -54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.22, 68.06, 307.36°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.057 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.165 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9639, 5.1719, 28.9539)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492995 #759529

analogous

#293F95 #492995 #7F2995

triadic

#492995 #954929 #299549

tetradic

#492995 #95293F #759529 #29957F

square

#492995 #95293F #759529 #29957F

split-complementary

#492995 #957F29 #3F9529

monochromatic

#1A0F35 #311C65 #492995 #6136C5 #8564D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#492995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#492995 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492995

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492995	1.00	10.32	2.03	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 41, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.165 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466b5',
    500: '#492995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492995;
$custom-light: #8466b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 56.842,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3908,
    "c": 0.16539,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492995

secondary

#9FBA60

accent

#E048B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #492995

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

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