#492B79#492B79

#492B79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.127 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B79
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 121)
HSL	hsl(263, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 64.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 32.03, -39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 50.99, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(37.01% 0.0588 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(37.01% 0.127 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0618, 4.5246, 18.5867)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B79 #5B792B

analogous

#2B3479 #492B79 #702B79

triadic

#492B79 #79492B #2B7949

tetradic

#492B79 #792B34 #5B792B #2B7970

square

#492B79 #792B34 #5B792B #2B7970

split-complementary

#492B79 #79702B #34792B

monochromatic

#130B1F #2E1B4C #492B79 #643BA6 #835AC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#492B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#492B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B79

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B79	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.127 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066a0',
    500: '#492b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b79;
$custom-light: #8066a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 47.561,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37008,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B79

secondary

#8AAA56

accent

#D751A3

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B79

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

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