#492A71#492A71

#492A71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.118 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A71
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 113)
HSL	hsl(266, 46%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 62.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.53, 30.36, -35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.53, 47.00, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(36.23% 0.0605 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(36.23% 0.118 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5555, 4.2646, 16.0974)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.07

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A71 #52712A

analogous

#2A2F71 #492A71 #6C2A71

triadic

#492A71 #71492A #2A7149

tetradic

#492A71 #712A2F #52712A #2A716C

square

#492A71 #712A2F #52712A #2A716C

split-complementary

#492A71 #716C2A #2F712A

monochromatic

#0F0918 #2C1944 #492A71 #663B9E #8455C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#492A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#492A71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A71

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A71	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#023A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.118 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f659a',
    500: '#492a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a71;
$custom-light: #7f659a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.197,
    "s": 45.806,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36234,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A71

secondary

#80A354

accent

#D5529C

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A71

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

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