#492AA5#492AA5

#492AA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.184 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492AA5
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 165)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 74.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 45.47, -61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 76.19, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.0525 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.184 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3651, 5.7884, 36.1611)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.44

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492AA5 #86A52A

analogous

#2A48A5 #492AA5 #862AA5

triadic

#492AA5 #A5492A #2AA549

tetradic

#492AA5 #A52A48 #86A52A #2AA586

square

#492AA5 #A52A48 #86A52A #2AA586

split-complementary

#492AA5 #A5862A #48A52A

monochromatic

#1E1143 #331E74 #492AA5 #623ECE #8A6FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#492AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#492AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492AA5

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492AA5	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.184 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667c1',
    500: '#492aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492aa5;
$custom-light: #8667c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.122,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.407,
    "c": 0.18357,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492AA5

secondary

#ABC169

accent

#E345BB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #492AA5

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

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