#492B73#492B73

#492B73 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.119 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B73
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 115)
HSL	hsl(265, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 62.6%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 30.32, -36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 47.50, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.55% 0.0591 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(36.55% 0.119 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7053, 4.3820, 16.7089)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B73 #55732B

analogous

#2B3173 #492B73 #6D2B73

triadic

#492B73 #73492B #2B7349

tetradic

#492B73 #732B31 #55732B #2B736D

square

#492B73 #732B31 #55732B #2B736D

split-complementary

#492B73 #736D2B #31732B

monochromatic

#100A1A #2D1A46 #492B73 #653CA0 #8358C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#492B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#492B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B73

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B73	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.119 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f669c',
    500: '#492b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b73;
$custom-light: #7f669c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36548,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B73

secondary

#84A555

accent

#D5539F

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B73

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

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