#492AB7#492AB7

#492AB7 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.205 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#492AB7
RGBrgb(73, 42, 183)
HSLhsl(253, 63%, 44%)
HSVhsv(253, 77%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(60.1%, 77%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(30.62, 50.73, -69.05)
CIE-LCHlch(30.62, 85.68, 306.31°)
OKLaboklab(42.45% 0.0478 -0.199)
OKLCHoklch(42.45% 0.205 283.5)
XYZxyz(12.1202, 6.4905, 45.4047)
Luminance0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#492AB7 #98B72A
analogous
#2A52B7 #492AB7 #902AB7
triadic
#492AB7 #B7492A #2AB749
tetradic
#492AB7 #B72A52 #98B72A #2AB790
square
#492AB7 #B72A52 #98B72A #2AB790
split-complementary
#492AB7 #B7902A #52B72A
monochromatic
#211353 #351F85 #492AB7 #6849D5 #917BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14
#492AB7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30
#492AB7 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492AB7
9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##492AB7#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##492AB71.009.142.309.14
#FFFFFF9.141.0021.001.00
#0000002.3021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.141.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#004CBB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0043B4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00536F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #492ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 42, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.205 283.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968ce',
    500: '#492ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #492ab7;
$custom-light: #8968ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#492ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.191,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42453,
    "c": 0.20469,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#492AB7
secondary
#B6C974
accent
#E642C2
background
#F9F6FC
surface
#F1EBF9
border
#CBC6D2
text
#0D0614
muted
#7E7A82

Preview Lab

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#492AB7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva