#492A76#492A76

#492A76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.125 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A76
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 118)
HSL	hsl(264, 48%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(264, 64%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 64.4%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.89, 31.77, -38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.89, 49.91, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.61% 0.0603 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(36.61% 0.125 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8448, 4.3803, 17.6209)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A76 #57762A

analogous

#2A3176 #492A76 #6F2A76

triadic

#492A76 #76492A #2A7649

tetradic

#492A76 #762A31 #57762A #2A766F

square

#492A76 #762A31 #57762A #2A766F

split-complementary

#492A76 #766F2A #31762A

monochromatic

#110A1C #2D1A49 #492A76 #653AA3 #8357C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#492A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#492A76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A76

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A76	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A3A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.125 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f659e',
    500: '#492a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a76;
$custom-light: #7f659e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.474,
    "s": 47.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36614,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A76

secondary

#86A854

accent

#D751A0

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A76

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

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