#492A66#492A66

#492A66 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.104 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A66
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 102)
HSL	hsl(271, 42%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 59%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 58.8%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.78, 27.34, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.78, 40.58, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(35.44% 0.0605 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(35.44% 0.104 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9734, 4.0317, 13.0313)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A66 #47662A

analogous

#2B2A66 #492A66 #662A65

triadic

#492A66 #66492A #2A6649

tetradic

#492A66 #662B2A #47662A #2A6566

square

#492A66 #662B2A #47662A #2A6566

split-complementary

#492A66 #65662A #2A662B

monochromatic

#100916 #2A183B #492A66 #683C91 #8752B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#492A66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#492A66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A66

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A66	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#153868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.104 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6592',
    500: '#492a66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a66;
$custom-light: #7e6592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35442,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A66

secondary

#759854

accent

#D15692

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A66

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

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