#492AA1#492AA1

#492AA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.179 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492AA1
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 161)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 73.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, 44.29, -59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 74.04, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.32% 0.0534 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(40.32% 0.179 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0067, 5.6451, 34.2736)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492AA1 #82A12A

analogous

#2A47A1 #492AA1 #842AA1

triadic

#492AA1 #A1492A #2AA149

tetradic

#492AA1 #A12A47 #82A12A #2AA184

square

#492AA1 #A12A47 #82A12A #2AA184

split-complementary

#492AA1 #A1842A #47A12A

monochromatic

#1D1140 #331D70 #492AA1 #623CCC #896DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#492AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#492AA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492AA1

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492AA1	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.179 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567be',
    500: '#492aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492aa1;
$custom-light: #8567be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.63,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40322,
    "c": 0.17878,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492AA1

secondary

#A9C067

accent

#E246B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492AA1

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

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