#492A78#492A78

#492A78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.128 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A78
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 120)
HSL	hsl(264, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 65%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 32.34, -39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 51.06, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(36.77% 0.0602 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(36.77% 0.128 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9649, 4.4284, 18.2535)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A78 #59782A

analogous

#2A3278 #492A78 #702A78

triadic

#492A78 #78492A #2A7849

tetradic

#492A78 #782A32 #59782A #2A7870

square

#492A78 #782A32 #59782A #2A7870

split-complementary

#492A78 #78702A #32782A

monochromatic

#120A1D #2D1A4B #492A78 #653AA5 #8358C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#492A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#492A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A78

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A78	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053B76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.128 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80659f',
    500: '#492a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a78;
$custom-light: #80659f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.846,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3677,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A78

secondary

#88AA54

accent

#D850A2

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A78

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →