#492B83#492B83

#492B83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.140 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B83
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 131)
HSL	hsl(260, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(260, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 67.2%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 34.92, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 56.75, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(37.81% 0.0579 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(37.81% 0.14 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7072, 4.7827, 21.9854)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.01

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B83 #65832B

analogous

#2B3983 #492B83 #752B83

triadic

#492B83 #83492B #2B8349

tetradic

#492B83 #832B39 #65832B #2B8375

square

#492B83 #832B39 #65832B #2B8375

split-complementary

#492B83 #83752B #39832B

monochromatic

#160D27 #2F1C55 #492B83 #633AB1 #835ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#492B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#492B83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B83

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B83	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.140 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166a8',
    500: '#492b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b83;
$custom-light: #8166a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.455,
    "s": 50.575,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37811,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B83

secondary

#93B05A

accent

#DA4EAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B83

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

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