#492A9D#492A9D

#492A9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.174 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492A9D
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 157)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 73.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.13, 43.11, -57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.13, 71.87, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0543 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.174 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6596, 5.5062, 32.4456)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492A9D #7E9D2A

analogous

#2A459D #492A9D #832A9D

triadic

#492A9D #9D492A #2A9D49

tetradic

#492A9D #9D2A45 #7E9D2A #2A9D83

square

#492A9D #9D2A45 #7E9D2A #2A9D83

split-complementary

#492A9D #9D832A #459D2A

monochromatic

#1C103C #331D6D #492A9D #613ACA #886AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#492A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#492A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492A9D

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492A9D	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.174 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567bb',
    500: '#492a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492a9d;
$custom-light: #8567bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.174,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39949,
    "c": 0.17396,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492A9D

secondary

#A6BE65

accent

#E147B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492A9D

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

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