#492B82#492B82

#492B82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.139 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B82
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 130)
HSL	hsl(261, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 66.9%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.03, 34.63, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.03, 56.18, 308.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.058 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.139 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6397, 4.7557, 21.6302)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B82 #64822B

analogous

#2B3982 #492B82 #752B82

triadic

#492B82 #82492B #2B8249

tetradic

#492B82 #822B39 #64822B #2B8275

square

#492B82 #822B39 #64822B #2B8275

split-complementary

#492B82 #82752B #39822B

monochromatic

#150D26 #2F1C54 #492B82 #633AB0 #835ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#492B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#492B82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B82

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B82	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.139 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166a7',
    500: '#492b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b82;
$custom-light: #8166a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 50.289,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37728,
    "c": 0.139,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B82

secondary

#92B059

accent

#DA4EAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B82

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

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