#492B69#492B69

#492B69 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.106 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B69
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 105)
HSL	hsl(269, 42%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 59%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 59%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 27.54, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 41.65, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.0591 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.106 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1608, 4.1642, 13.8411)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 8.15

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B69 #4B692B

analogous

#2B2C69 #492B69 #682B69

triadic

#492B69 #69492B #2B6949

tetradic

#492B69 #692B2C #4B692B #2B6968

square

#492B69 #692B2C #4B692B #2B6968

split-complementary

#492B69 #69682B #2C692B

monochromatic

#0F0916 #2B193E #492B69 #673D94 #8655B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#492B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#492B69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B69

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B69	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13396B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.106 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6594',
    500: '#492b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b69;
$custom-light: #7e6594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 41.892,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35822,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B69

secondary

#799B55

accent

#D25696

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B69

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

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