#492A6F#492A6F

#492A6F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.116 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A6F
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 111)
HSL	hsl(267, 45%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 62%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 62.2%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 29.80, -34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 45.84, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.09% 0.0606 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(36.09% 0.116 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4442, 4.2201, 15.5109)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.34

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A6F #506F2A

analogous

#2A2D6F #492A6F #6C2A6F

triadic

#492A6F #6F492A #2A6F49

tetradic

#492A6F #6F2A2D #506F2A #2A6F6C

square

#492A6F #6F2A2D #506F2A #2A6F6C

split-complementary

#492A6F #6F6C2A #2D6F2A

monochromatic

#0F0816 #2C1943 #492A6F #663B9B #8455BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#492A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#492A6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A6F

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A6F	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.116 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6599',
    500: '#492a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a6f;
$custom-light: #7f6599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.957,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36085,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A6F

secondary

#7EA154

accent

#D5539A

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A6F

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

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