#492B60#492B60

#492B60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.094 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B60
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 96)
HSL	hsl(274, 38%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(274, 55%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 55.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.63, 25.13, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.63, 36.37, 313.70°)
OKLab	oklab(35.22% 0.0585 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(35.22% 0.094 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7224, 3.9888, 11.5325)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B60 #42602B

analogous

#2F2B60 #492B60 #602B5D

triadic

#492B60 #60492B #2B6049

tetradic

#492B60 #602F2B #42602B #2B5D60

square

#492B60 #602F2B #42602B #2B5D60

split-complementary

#492B60 #5D602B #2B602F

monochromatic

#100915 #291836 #492B60 #693E8A #8953B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#492B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#492B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B60

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B60	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25395F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.094 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d658d',
    500: '#492b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b60;
$custom-light: #7d658d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.962,
    "s": 38.129,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35215,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B60

secondary

#6F9255

accent

#CE5A8C

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B60

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

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