#492A8A#492A8A

#492A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.151 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A8A
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 138)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 69.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.47, 37.54, -48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.47, 61.34, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.058 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.151 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1618, 4.9071, 24.5570)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A8A #6B8A2A

analogous

#2A3B8A #492A8A #792A8A

triadic

#492A8A #8A492A #2A8A49

tetradic

#492A8A #8A2A3B #6B8A2A #2A8A79

square

#492A8A #8A2A3B #6B8A2A #2A8A79

split-complementary

#492A8A #8A792A #3B8A2A

monochromatic

#170D2C #301C5B #492A8A #6238B9 #8460CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#492A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#492A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A8A

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A8A	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.151 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266ad',
    500: '#492a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a8a;
$custom-light: #8266ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.375,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3825,
    "c": 0.15053,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A8A

secondary

#98B45B

accent

#DD4BAE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A8A

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

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