#492A8B#492A8B

#492A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.152 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A8B
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 139)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 69.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.55, 37.83, -49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.55, 61.91, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(38.34% 0.0579 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(38.34% 0.152 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2345, 4.9362, 24.9400)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A8B #6C8B2A

analogous

#2A3C8B #492A8B #792A8B

triadic

#492A8B #8B492A #2A8B49

tetradic

#492A8B #8B2A3C #6C8B2A #2A8B79

square

#492A8B #8B2A3C #6C8B2A #2A8B79

split-complementary

#492A8B #8B792A #3C8B2A

monochromatic

#180E2D #301C5C #492A8B #6238BA #8460CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#492A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#492A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A8B

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A8B	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.152 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266ae',
    500: '#492a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a8b;
$custom-light: #8266ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.175,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38336,
    "c": 0.15179,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A8B

secondary

#98B55C

accent

#DD4BAE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A8B

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

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