#492A8F#492A8F

#492A8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.157 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A8F
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 143)
HSL	hsl(258, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 70.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 39.00, -50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 64.15, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% 0.0572 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.157 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5321, 5.0553, 26.5075)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A8F #708F2A

analogous

#2A3E8F #492A8F #7C2A8F

triadic

#492A8F #8F492A #2A8F49

tetradic

#492A8F #8F2A3E #708F2A #2A8F7C

square

#492A8F #8F2A3E #708F2A #2A8F7C

split-complementary

#492A8F #8F7C2A #3E8F2A

monochromatic

#190E30 #311C60 #492A8F #6138BE #8462D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#492A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#492A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A8F

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A8F	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.157 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366b1',
    500: '#492a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a8f;
$custom-light: #8366b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.416,
    "s": 54.595,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38685,
    "c": 0.15678,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A8F

secondary

#9CB75E

accent

#DE4AB0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A8F

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

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