#492B68#492B68

#492B68 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.105 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B68
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 104)
HSL	hsl(270, 41%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 59%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 58.7%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 27.27, -30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 41.06, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(35.75% 0.0591 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(35.75% 0.105 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1097, 4.1437, 13.5720)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 8.33

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B68 #4A682B

analogous

#2B2C68 #492B68 #682B68

triadic

#492B68 #68492B #2B6849

tetradic

#492B68 #682B2C #4A682B #2B6868

square

#492B68 #682B2C #4A682B #2B6868

split-complementary

#492B68 #68682B #2C682B

monochromatic

#0F0916 #2B193D #492B68 #673D93 #8655B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#492B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#492B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B68

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B68	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14396A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.105 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6593',
    500: '#492b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b68;
$custom-light: #7e6593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.508,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35753,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B68

secondary

#789A55

accent

#D15695

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B68

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

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