#492A72#492A72

#492A72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.120 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A72
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 114)
HSL	hsl(266, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 63.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.60, 30.64, -36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.60, 47.58, 310.09°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0605 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.12 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6121, 4.2873, 16.3955)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A72 #53722A

analogous

#2A2F72 #492A72 #6D2A72

triadic

#492A72 #72492A #2A7249

tetradic

#492A72 #722A2F #53722A #2A726D

square

#492A72 #722A2F #53722A #2A726D

split-complementary

#492A72 #726D2A #2F722A

monochromatic

#100919 #2C1A45 #492A72 #663A9F #8456C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#492A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#492A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A72

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A72	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.120 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f659b',
    500: '#492a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a72;
$custom-light: #7f659b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.833,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36309,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A72

secondary

#81A454

accent

#D6529D

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A72

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

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