#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
RGB	rgb(73, 42, 183)
HSL	hsl(253, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 77%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.62, 50.73, -69.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.62, 85.68, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.0478 -0.199)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.205 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1202, 6.4905, 45.4047)
Luminance	0.0649 (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

#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
##492AB7	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #492AB7

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

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