#492A73#492A73

#492A73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.121 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A73
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 115)
HSL	hsl(265, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 63.5%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.67, 30.92, -36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.67, 48.17, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.0605 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.121 300)
XYZ	xyz(6.6694, 4.3101, 16.6969)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.82

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A73 #54732A

analogous

#2A2F73 #492A73 #6D2A73

triadic

#492A73 #73492A #2A7349

tetradic

#492A73 #732A2F #54732A #2A736D

square

#492A73 #732A2F #54732A #2A736D

split-complementary

#492A73 #736D2A #2F732A

monochromatic

#100919 #2D1A46 #492A73 #653AA0 #8456C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#492A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#492A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A73

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A73	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103A71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.121 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f659c',
    500: '#492a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a73;
$custom-light: #7f659c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.479,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36385,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.0431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A73

secondary

#83A554

accent

#D6529E

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A73

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

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