#492A68#492A68

#492A68 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.106 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A68
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 104)
HSL	hsl(270, 42%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 60%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 59.6%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.91, 27.88, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.91, 41.75, 311.91°)
OKLab	oklab(35.58% 0.0605 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(35.58% 0.106 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0738, 4.0719, 13.5600)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A68 #49682A

analogous

#2A2A68 #492A68 #682A68

triadic

#492A68 #68492A #2A6849

tetradic

#492A68 #682A2A #49682A #2A6868

square

#492A68 #682A2A #49682A #2A6868

split-complementary

#492A68 #68682A #2A682A

monochromatic

#0F0916 #2A183C #492A68 #683C94 #8653B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#492A68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#492A68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A68

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A68	1.00	11.57	1.81	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12386A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.106 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6593',
    500: '#492a68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a68;
$custom-light: #7e6593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 42.466,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35581,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A68

secondary

#779A54

accent

#D25694

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A68

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

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