#492A7E#492A7E

#492A7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.135 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A7E
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 126)
HSL	hsl(262, 50%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(262, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.50, 34.05, -42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.50, 54.52, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.0596 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.135 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3405, 4.5786, 20.2316)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A7E #5F7E2A

analogous

#2A357E #492A7E #732A7E

triadic

#492A7E #7E492A #2A7E49

tetradic

#492A7E #7E2A35 #5F7E2A #2A7E73

square

#492A7E #7E2A35 #5F7E2A #2A7E73

split-complementary

#492A7E #7E732A #357E2A

monochromatic

#140B22 #2E1B50 #492A7E #6439AC #835AC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#492A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#492A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A7E

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A7E	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.135 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8065a4',
    500: '#492a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a7e;
$custom-light: #8065a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.143,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37248,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A7E

secondary

#8DAE56

accent

#DA4EA6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A7E

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

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