#492A9C#492A9C

#492A9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.173 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A9C
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 156)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 73.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.04, 42.82, -57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.04, 71.32, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(39.86% 0.0546 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(39.86% 0.173 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5746, 5.4722, 31.9978)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A9C #7D9C2A

analogous

#2A449C #492A9C #822A9C

triadic

#492A9C #9C492A #2A9C49

tetradic

#492A9C #9C2A44 #7D9C2A #2A9C82

square

#492A9C #9C2A44 #7D9C2A #2A9C82

split-complementary

#492A9C #9C822A #449C2A

monochromatic

#1C103C #321D6C #492A9C #6139CA #876AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#492A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#492A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A9C

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A9C	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.173 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567ba',
    500: '#492a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a9c;
$custom-light: #8567ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.316,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39856,
    "c": 0.17274,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A9C

secondary

#A5BD65

accent

#E147B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A9C

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

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