#492A79#492A79

#492A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.129 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A79
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 121)
HSL	hsl(264, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 65.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.12, 32.62, -40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.12, 51.64, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.0601 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.129 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0259, 4.4528, 18.5748)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A79 #5A792A

analogous

#2A3379 #492A79 #712A79

triadic

#492A79 #79492A #2A7949

tetradic

#492A79 #792A33 #5A792A #2A7971

square

#492A79 #792A33 #5A792A #2A7971

split-complementary

#492A79 #79712A #33792A

monochromatic

#120A1E #2E1A4C #492A79 #643AA6 #8358C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#492A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#492A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A79

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A79	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.129 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8065a0',
    500: '#492a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a79;
$custom-light: #8065a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.544,
    "s": 48.466,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36848,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A79

secondary

#89AB54

accent

#D850A3

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A79

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

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