#492A84#492A84

#492A84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.143 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A84
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 132)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 68.2%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.98, 35.79, -45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.98, 57.95, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(37.74% 0.0589 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(37.74% 0.143 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7394, 4.7381, 22.3321)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.84

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A84 #65842A

analogous

#2A3884 #492A84 #762A84

triadic

#492A84 #84492A #2A8449

tetradic

#492A84 #842A38 #65842A #2A8476

square

#492A84 #842A38 #65842A #2A8476

split-complementary

#492A84 #84762A #38842A

monochromatic

#160C27 #2F1B56 #492A84 #6339B2 #835DCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#492A84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#492A84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A84

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A84	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.143 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166a8',
    500: '#492a84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a84;
$custom-light: #8166a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.667,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37741,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A84

secondary

#93B159

accent

#DB4DAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A84

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

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