#492A75#492A75

#492A75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.124 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A75
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 117)
HSL	hsl(265, 47%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 64.1%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 31.49, -37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 49.33, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.54% 0.0604 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(36.54% 0.124 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7857, 4.3567, 17.3096)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A75 #56752A

analogous

#2A3075 #492A75 #6E2A75

triadic

#492A75 #75492A #2A7549

tetradic

#492A75 #752A30 #56752A #2A756E

square

#492A75 #752A30 #56752A #2A756E

split-complementary

#492A75 #756E2A #30752A

monochromatic

#110A1B #2D1A48 #492A75 #653AA2 #8357C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#492A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#492A75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A75

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A75	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3A73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.124 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f659d',
    500: '#492a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a75;
$custom-light: #7f659d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.8,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36537,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A75

secondary

#85A754

accent

#D7519F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A75

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

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