#492B4E#492B4E

#492B4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.071 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B4E
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 78)
HSL	hsl(291, 29%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(291, 45%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 44.9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.63, 20.65, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.63, 26.09, 322.33°)
OKLab	oklab(34.14% 0.0554 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(34.14% 0.071 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9865, 3.6945, 7.6567)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B4E #304E2B

analogous

#372B4E #492B4E #4E2B41

triadic

#492B4E #4E492B #2B4E49

tetradic

#492B4E #4E372B #304E2B #2B414E

square

#492B4E #4E372B #304E2B #2B414E

split-complementary

#492B4E #414E2B #2B4E37

monochromatic

#120B14 #241527 #492B4E #6E4175 #93569D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#492B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#492B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B4E

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B4E	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27344F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F374D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2F38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.071 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c657f',
    500: '#492b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b4e;
$custom-light: #7c657f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 28.926,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34143,
    "c": 0.07057,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B4E

secondary

#5B8055

accent

#C56371

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEEBEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#09050A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B4E

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

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