#492B85#492B85

#492B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.143 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B85
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 133)
HSL	hsl(260, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 67.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.27, 35.50, -45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.27, 57.89, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.0577 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.143 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8440, 4.8375, 22.7062)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B85 #67852B

analogous

#2B3A85 #492B85 #762B85

triadic

#492B85 #85492B #2B8549

tetradic

#492B85 #852B3A #67852B #2B8576

square

#492B85 #852B3A #67852B #2B8576

split-complementary

#492B85 #85762B #3A852B

monochromatic

#160D29 #301C57 #492B85 #623AB3 #835FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#492B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#492B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B85

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B85	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.143 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166a9',
    500: '#492b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b85;
$custom-light: #8166a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 51.136,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37976,
    "c": 0.14285,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B85

secondary

#94B15B

accent

#DB4DAB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B85

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

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