#492AA3#492AA3

#492AA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.181 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492AA3
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 163)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 74.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 44.88, -60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 75.11, 306.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% 0.0529 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.181 287)
XYZ	xyz(10.1845, 5.7162, 35.2099)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.66

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492AA3 #84A32A

analogous

#2A47A3 #492AA3 #852AA3

triadic

#492AA3 #A3492A #2AA349

tetradic

#492AA3 #A32A47 #84A32A #2AA385

square

#492AA3 #A32A47 #84A32A #2AA385

split-complementary

#492AA3 #A3852A #47A32A

monochromatic

#1D1142 #331D72 #492AA3 #623DCD #896EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#492AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#492AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492AA3

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492AA3	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.181 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667bf',
    500: '#492aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492aa3;
$custom-light: #8667bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.372,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4051,
    "c": 0.18118,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.05717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492AA3

secondary

#AAC068

accent

#E246BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492AA3

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

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