#492AA9#492AA9

#492AA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.188 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492AA9
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 46.64, -62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 78.33, 306.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.08% 0.0515 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(41.08% 0.188 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7349, 5.9364, 38.1086)
Luminance	0.0594 (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

#492AA9 #8AA92A

analogous

#2A4AA9 #492AA9 #892AA9

triadic

#492AA9 #A9492A #2AA949

tetradic

#492AA9 #A92A4A #8AA92A #2AA989

square

#492AA9 #A92A4A #8AA92A #2AA989

split-complementary

#492AA9 #A9892A #4AA92A

monochromatic

#1F1247 #341E78 #492AA9 #6341D0 #8C72DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#492AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#492AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492AA9

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492AA9	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.188 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767c4',
    500: '#492aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492aa9;
$custom-light: #8767c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.646,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41082,
    "c": 0.18832,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492AA9

secondary

#AEC36C

accent

#E344BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492AA9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →