#492B86#492B86

#492B86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.144 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B86
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 134)
HSL	hsl(260, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 67.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.35, 35.80, -46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.35, 58.46, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(38.06% 0.0575 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(38.06% 0.144 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9134, 4.8652, 23.0718)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B86 #68862B

analogous

#2B3B86 #492B86 #762B86

triadic

#492B86 #86492B #2B8649

tetradic

#492B86 #862B3B #68862B #2B8676

square

#492B86 #862B3B #68862B #2B8676

split-complementary

#492B86 #86762B #3B862B

monochromatic

#170D29 #301C58 #492B86 #623AB4 #8360CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#492B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#492B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B86

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B86	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.144 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166aa',
    500: '#492b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b86;
$custom-light: #8166aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.78,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3806,
    "c": 0.14413,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B86

secondary

#95B25B

accent

#DB4DAC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B86

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

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