#492B71#492B71

#492B71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.117 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B71
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 113)
HSL	hsl(266, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 61.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.75, 29.76, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.75, 46.34, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(36.4% 0.0592 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(36.4% 0.117 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5915, 4.3364, 16.1093)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.89

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B71 #53712B

analogous

#2B3071 #492B71 #6C2B71

triadic

#492B71 #71492B #2B7149

tetradic

#492B71 #712B30 #53712B #2B716C

square

#492B71 #712B30 #53712B #2B716C

split-complementary

#492B71 #716C2B #30712B

monochromatic

#100918 #2C1A45 #492B71 #663C9D #8457BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#492B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#492B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B71

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B71	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.117 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f669a',
    500: '#492b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b71;
$custom-light: #7f669a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 44.872,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36399,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B71

secondary

#81A355

accent

#D5539D

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B71

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

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