#492B6D#492B6D

#492B6D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.111 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B6D
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 109)
HSL	hsl(267, 43%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(267, 61%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 60.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 28.64, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 43.99, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(36.11% 0.0592 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(36.11% 0.111 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3712, 4.2483, 14.9494)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.48

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B6D #4F6D2B

analogous

#2B2E6D #492B6D #6A2B6D

triadic

#492B6D #6D492B #2B6D49

tetradic

#492B6D #6D2B2E #4F6D2B #2B6D6A

square

#492B6D #6D2B2E #4F6D2B #2B6D6A

split-complementary

#492B6D #6D6A2B #2E6D2B

monochromatic

#0F0916 #2C1A41 #492B6D #663C99 #8556BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#492B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#492B6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B6D

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B6D	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E3A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.111 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6697',
    500: '#492b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b6d;
$custom-light: #7e6697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 43.421,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36107,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B6D

secondary

#7D9F55

accent

#D3559A

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B6D

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

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