#492B76#492B76

#492B76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.123 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B76
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 118)
HSL	hsl(264, 47%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 64%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 63.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.11, 31.17, -38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.11, 49.25, 309.27°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.059 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.123 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8807, 4.4521, 17.6329)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B76 #58762B

analogous

#2B3376 #492B76 #6F2B76

triadic

#492B76 #76492B #2B7649

tetradic

#492B76 #762B33 #58762B #2B766F

square

#492B76 #762B33 #58762B #2B766F

split-complementary

#492B76 #766F2B #33762B

monochromatic

#120A1C #2D1B49 #492B76 #653BA3 #8359C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#492B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#492B76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B76

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B76	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3B74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.123 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f669e',
    500: '#492b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b76;
$custom-light: #7f669e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 46.584,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36776,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B76

secondary

#87A855

accent

#D652A1

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B76

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

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