#492B88#492B88

#492B88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.147 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492B88
RGB	rgb(73, 43, 136)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 68.4%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.51, 36.38, -47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.51, 59.60, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(38.23% 0.0573 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(38.23% 0.147 293)
XYZ	xyz(8.0542, 4.9215, 23.8134)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492B88 #6A882B

analogous

#2B3B88 #492B88 #772B88

triadic

#492B88 #88492B #2B8849

tetradic

#492B88 #882B3B #6A882B #2B8877

square

#492B88 #882B3B #6A882B #2B8877

split-complementary

#492B88 #88772B #3B882B

monochromatic

#170E2B #301C5A #492B88 #623AB6 #8361CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#492B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#492B88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492B88

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492B88	1.00	10.58	1.98	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 43, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.147 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166ab',
    500: '#492b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492b88;
$custom-light: #8166ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 51.955,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38228,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.04922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492B88

secondary

#97B35C

accent

#DB4CAD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #492B88

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

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