#492B77#492B77

#492B77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.125 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B77
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 119)
HSL	hsl(264, 47%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 63.9%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.19, 31.46, -38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.19, 49.83, 309.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.059 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.125 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9405, 4.4760, 17.9475)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B77 #59772B

analogous

#2B3377 #492B77 #6F2B77

triadic

#492B77 #77492B #2B7749

tetradic

#492B77 #772B33 #59772B #2B776F

square

#492B77 #772B33 #59772B #2B776F

split-complementary

#492B77 #776F2B #33772B

monochromatic

#120B1D #2D1B4A #492B77 #653BA4 #8359C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#492B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#492B77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B77

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B77	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3B75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.125 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f669f',
    500: '#492b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b77;
$custom-light: #7f669f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 46.914,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36853,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B77

secondary

#88A955

accent

#D751A2

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B77

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

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