#492AAE#492AAE

#492AAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.194 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492AAE
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 174)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 75.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, 48.10, -65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 80.97, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.57% 0.0502 -0.1876)
OKLCH	oklch(41.57% 0.194 285)
XYZ	xyz(11.2133, 6.1277, 40.6281)
Luminance	0.0613 (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

#492AAE #8FAE2A

analogous

#2A4DAE #492AAE #8B2AAE

triadic

#492AAE #AE492A #2AAE49

tetradic

#492AAE #AE2A4D #8FAE2A #2AAE8B

square

#492AAE #AE2A4D #8FAE2A #2AAE8B

split-complementary

#492AAE #AE8B2A #4DAE2A

monochromatic

#20124B #341E7D #492AAE #6543D2 #8D75DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#492AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#492AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492AAE

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492AAE	1.00	9.44	2.23	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#124F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.194 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867c7',
    500: '#492aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492aae;
$custom-light: #8867c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41566,
    "c": 0.19421,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.06128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492AAE

secondary

#B1C56F

accent

#E444BE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #492AAE

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

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