#492B6A#492B6A

#492B6A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.107 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B6A
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 106)
HSL	hsl(269, 42%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 59%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 59.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 27.82, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 42.24, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.89% 0.0592 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(35.89% 0.107 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2125, 4.1848, 14.1133)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B6A #4C6A2B

analogous

#2B2D6A #492B6A #692B6A

triadic

#492B6A #6A492B #2B6A49

tetradic

#492B6A #6A2B2D #4C6A2B #2B6A69

square

#492B6A #6A2B2D #4C6A2B #2B6A69

split-complementary

#492B6A #6A692B #2D6A2B

monochromatic

#0F0916 #2B193E #492B6A #673D96 #8555BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#492B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#492B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B6A

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B6A	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12396C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.107 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6595',
    500: '#492b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b6a;
$custom-light: #7e6595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 42.282,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35893,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B6A

secondary

#7A9C55

accent

#D25697

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B6A

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

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