#492A95#492A95

#492A95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.164 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A95
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 149)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 71.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 40.76, -53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 67.48, 307.16°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.056 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.164 290)
XYZ	xyz(8.9989, 5.2419, 28.9656)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A95 #76952A

analogous

#2A4195 #492A95 #7E2A95

triadic

#492A95 #95492A #2A9549

tetradic

#492A95 #952A41 #76952A #2A957E

square

#492A95 #952A41 #76952A #2A957E

split-complementary

#492A95 #957E2A #41952A

monochromatic

#1A0F36 #321D65 #492A95 #6037C5 #8666D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#492A95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#492A95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A95

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A95	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F465C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.164 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366b5',
    500: '#492a95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a95;
$custom-light: #8366b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.383,
    "s": 56.021,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39218,
    "c": 0.1642,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.05242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A95

secondary

#A0BA61

accent

#DF48B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A95

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

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