#492A63#492A63

#492A63 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.100 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A63
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 99)
HSL	hsl(273, 40%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 58%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 57.6%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.58, 26.54, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.58, 38.82, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.0603 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.1 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8273, 3.9733, 12.2619)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 8.36

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A63 #44632A

analogous

#2D2A63 #492A63 #632A60

triadic

#492A63 #63492A #2A6349

tetradic

#492A63 #632D2A #44632A #2A6063

square

#492A63 #632D2A #44632A #2A6063

split-complementary

#492A63 #60632A #2A632D

monochromatic

#100915 #291838 #492A63 #693C8E #8852B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#492A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#492A63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A63

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A63	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.100 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6590',
    500: '#492a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a63;
$custom-light: #7e6590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.632,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35238,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A63

secondary

#729553

accent

#D0588F

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A63

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

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