#492B7D#492B7D

#492B7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.133 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B7D
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 125)
HSL	hsl(262, 49%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(262, 66%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 65.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 33.18, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 53.31, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(37.32% 0.0585 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(37.32% 0.133 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3122, 4.6247, 19.9055)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B7D #5F7D2B

analogous

#2B367D #492B7D #722B7D

triadic

#492B7D #7D492B #2B7D49

tetradic

#492B7D #7D2B36 #5F7D2B #2B7D72

square

#492B7D #7D2B36 #5F7D2B #2B7D72

split-complementary

#492B7D #7D722B #367D2B

monochromatic

#140C22 #2E1B4F #492B7D #643BAB #835CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#492B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#492B7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B7D

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B7D	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.133 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066a3',
    500: '#492b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b7d;
$custom-light: #8066a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.951,
    "s": 48.81,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37324,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B7D

secondary

#8DAD57

accent

#D84FA6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B7D

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

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