#492A83#492A83

#492A83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.142 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A83
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 131)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 67.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.89, 35.50, -45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.89, 57.38, 308.22°)
OKLab	oklab(37.66% 0.0591 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(37.66% 0.142 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6713, 4.7109, 21.9734)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.77

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A83 #64832A

analogous

#2A3883 #492A83 #762A83

triadic

#492A83 #83492A #2A8349

tetradic

#492A83 #832A38 #64832A #2A8376

square

#492A83 #832A38 #64832A #2A8376

split-complementary

#492A83 #83762A #38832A

monochromatic

#150C26 #2F1B55 #492A83 #6339B1 #835DCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#492A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#492A83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A83

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A83	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.142 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166a8',
    500: '#492a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a83;
$custom-light: #8166a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.899,
    "s": 51.445,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37658,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A83

secondary

#92B158

accent

#DB4DA9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A83

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

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