#492AA2#492AA2

#492AA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.180 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492AA2
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 162)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 74.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 44.58, -59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 74.58, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0532 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.18 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0953, 5.6805, 34.7399)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492AA2 #83A22A

analogous

#2A47A2 #492AA2 #852AA2

triadic

#492AA2 #A2492A #2AA249

tetradic

#492AA2 #A22A47 #83A22A #2AA285

square

#492AA2 #A22A47 #83A22A #2AA285

split-complementary

#492AA2 #A2852A #47A22A

monochromatic

#1D1141 #331D71 #492AA2 #623DCD #896DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#492AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#492AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492AA2

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492AA2	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.180 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567bf',
    500: '#492aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492aa2;
$custom-light: #8567bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40416,
    "c": 0.17998,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492AA2

secondary

#A9C068

accent

#E246BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492AA2

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

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