#492A97#492A97

#492A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.167 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A97
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 151)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.59, 41.35, -54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.59, 68.58, 307.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% 0.0556 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.167 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1599, 5.3064, 29.8137)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A97 #78972A

analogous

#2A4197 #492A97 #7F2A97

triadic

#492A97 #97492A #2A9749

tetradic

#492A97 #972A41 #78972A #2A977F

square

#492A97 #972A41 #78972A #2A977F

split-complementary

#492A97 #977F2A #41972A

monochromatic

#1B0F37 #321D67 #492A97 #6037C7 #8667D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#492A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#492A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A97

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A97	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.167 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466b7',
    500: '#492a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a97;
$custom-light: #8466b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.064,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39399,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A97

secondary

#A2BB62

accent

#E048B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A97

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

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