#492A87#492A87

#492A87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.147 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A87
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 135)
HSL	hsl(260, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 68.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.22, 36.66, -47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.22, 59.65, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% 0.0585 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.147 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9476, 4.8214, 23.4289)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A87 #68872A

analogous

#2A3A87 #492A87 #782A87

triadic

#492A87 #87492A #2A8749

tetradic

#492A87 #872A3A #68872A #2A8778

square

#492A87 #872A3A #68872A #2A8778

split-complementary

#492A87 #87782A #3A872A

monochromatic

#170D2A #301B58 #492A87 #6239B6 #835ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#492A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#492A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A87

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A87	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.147 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166ab',
    500: '#492a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a87;
$custom-light: #8166ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37994,
    "c": 0.14675,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A87

secondary

#95B35A

accent

#DC4CAC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A87

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

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