#492AA8#492AA8

#492AA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.187 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492AA8
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 168)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 75%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, 46.35, -62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 77.79, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% 0.0517 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.187 286)
XYZ	xyz(10.6414, 5.8989, 37.6161)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492AA8 #89A82A

analogous

#2A4AA8 #492AA8 #882AA8

triadic

#492AA8 #A8492A #2AA849

tetradic

#492AA8 #A82A4A #89A82A #2AA888

square

#492AA8 #A82A4A #89A82A #2AA888

split-complementary

#492AA8 #A8882A #4AA82A

monochromatic

#1E1246 #341E77 #492AA8 #6340CF #8B71DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#492AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#492AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492AA8

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492AA8	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.187 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667c3',
    500: '#492aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492aa8;
$custom-light: #8667c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.762,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40986,
    "c": 0.18714,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492AA8

secondary

#ADC36B

accent

#E345BC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492AA8

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

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