#492B80#492B80

#492B80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.136 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B80
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 128)
HSL	hsl(261, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 66%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 66.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.87, 34.05, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.87, 55.03, 308.22°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% 0.0583 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.136 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5068, 4.7026, 20.9301)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.85

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B80 #62802B

analogous

#2B3780 #492B80 #732B80

triadic

#492B80 #80492B #2B8049

tetradic

#492B80 #802B37 #62802B #2B8073

square

#492B80 #802B37 #62802B #2B8073

split-complementary

#492B80 #80732B #37802B

monochromatic

#150C24 #2F1C52 #492B80 #633AAE #835DC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#492B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#492B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B80

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B80	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.136 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066a5',
    500: '#492b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b80;
$custom-light: #8066a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 49.708,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37565,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B80

secondary

#90AE58

accent

#D94FA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B80

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

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